In Depth As an Asian brontothere, Embolotherium rivals large North American species like Megacerops in terms of size. However a full skeleton of Embolotherium remains unknown to science and this conclusion is based upon comparison of the known parts of Embolotherium with the more complete remains of other brontotheres. Whereas many brontotheres have ornamentation on … Read more
In Depth Eoazara is a genus of elasmotherine rhino that lived in North Africa during the Miocene. Further reading - A new late Miocene elasmotheriine rhinoceros from Morocco. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66. - D. Geraads & S. Zouhri -2021.
In Depth In the on-going evolution of horses Pliohippus represents the next stage after forms like Merychippus. The most noted feature of Pliohippus is that it has even more developed hoof feet supported by the middle toe, with the two side toes being reduced so much that in life they would have been barely visible … Read more
In Depth Further Reading -Nuevas aportaciones al conocimiento de Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799) de Brown Bank, Mar del Norte [New contributions to the knowledge of Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799) Brown Bank, North Sea] – Bulletin Centre d’Est. Natura B-N. VII 13): 309-329 Sta. Coloma de Gramenet – David Garcia Fern�ndez & Juan Vicente i Castells … Read more
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
In Depth Since the early days of palaeontology many genera of brontotheres have been named from North America, though now after over one hundred and fifty years of continuous study and discovery, many of these have now been perceived to be synonymous with the genus Megacerops. Some of these names include genera such as Brontops … Read more
In Depth Astrohippus is one of many of the horse genera that were roaming around North America during the Miocene period, but it is one of the few to be considered a close relative of the Equus genus which is where modern horses belong, though the tooth structure of Astrohippus strongly suggests that Astrohippus is … Read more
In Depth Ancylotherium may have been an atypical chalicothere with short hind legs, long fore arms, sloping back and horse-like head, but it was one of the few that did not walk upon its knuckles. Most other chalicothere genera walked on their knuckles to avoid damaging their long claws which they used to hook around … Read more
In Depth The many individuals of Palaeotherium recovered from Eocene era deposits in Europe indicate that it was one of the most common mammals across Europe (especially the Western portion) during this time. When first described by Georges Cuvier, Palaeotherium was thought to be related to the ancient Tapirs, but today it is more widely … Read more
In Depth Eohippus is a classic prehistoric mammal, dubbed as one of the earliest and smallest horses ever to live. There has in the past been some taxonomic confusion over the validity of the genus, and at one time Eohippus was actually regarded as belonging to another genus named Hyracotherium. Later thought has cast doubt … Read more