Anisodon

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Anisodon Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Chalicotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Chalicotheriinae
Genus:	†Anisodon Lartet, 1851[1]
Type species
†Anisodon grande de Blainville, 1849
Species
A. grande A. macedonicus

Anisodon is an extinct genus of chalicothere that lived in Europe during the late Miocene. It stood at about 150cm and weighed around 600kg. It is thought that the animal's clawed forelimbs would have allowed it to pull down tree branches in order to browse, as well as deter Miocene predators such as bear-dogs and saber-toothed cats.

Foot bones

Models in Basel

References[]

• McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. Classification of Mammals. p. 149.
• Lydekker, Richard. "Part 3. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborders Perissodactyla, Toxodontia, Condylarthra, and Amblypoda". Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History). p. 162.

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