Kalimantsia

In Depth        Discovered in‭ ‬1972‭ ‬by Dimitar Kovachev,‭ ‬Kalimantsia did not get named until‭ ‬2001.‭ ‬Although based upon the description of a skull,‭ ‬Kalimantsia is known to have had a shorter snout than many other known chalicotheres,‭ ‬something that might suggest a foraging specialisation in tougher types of vegetation that required a stronger bite‭ (‬an … Read more

Chalicotherium

chalicotherium

In Depth        Chalicotherium is the type genus of the Chalicotheriidae,‭ ‬strange herbivores that look like hybrids between horses and ground sloths.‭ ‬The horse comparison comes from the shape of the head that is similar in form and proportion to that of a horse,‭ ‬while the body is supported upon two long front limbs and two … Read more