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Chalicothere Moropus Elatus Disarticulated
$14,555.00
Unlike modern perissodactyls, chalicothere moropus or Chalicotherium had clawed feet. They had longer forelimbs and shorter hind limbs, lower incisors that cropped food against a toothless pad in the upper jaw, low-crowned molar teeth, and were browsers on trees and shrubs throughout their history.
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Description
Chalicothere Moropus Elatus Disarticulated Skeleton measures 8ft – 2.5m length: 6ft -1.8m height. Chalicothere Moropus Elatus Disarticulated Skeleton is Museum quality polyurethane replicas. Made in USA. Cenozoic North America -Europe. Agate Fossil Beds. Denver. Moropus is an extinct genus of perissodactyl mammal that belonged to the group called chalicotheres. They were endemic to North America during the Miocene from ~20.4—13.6 Million years ago, existing for approximately 6.8 million years. The closest extant relatives of Moropus are other perissodactyls: horses, rhinos, and tapirs. Scientific name: Moropus.
Chalicothere Facts:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: †Chalicotherioidea
Family: †Chalicotheriidae
Type genus: †Chalicotherium
Scientific name: †Schizotheriinae
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Additional information
| Weight | 400 lbs |
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