Chalicotherioidea is an extinct superfamily of clawed perissodactyls (odd-toed ungulates) that lived from the early Eocene to the early Pleistocene subepochs. Based on the fossil record they emerged and thrived largely in Eurasia, although specimens have been found in both Africa and North America. They were likely browsers that fed mainly on leaves, twigs, and other nonresistant vegetation. Many of the contained genera had derived specializations of the forelimb and manus that allowed the claws to be used as hooks for browsing and to be kept off of the ground while walking. Chalicotheres lived primarily in forested areas. Size sexual dimorphism and morphological structures such as the domed skulls of Tylocephalonyx suggest agonistic behaviour in some sort of social setting. They are relat
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| - Chalicotherioidea is an extinct superfamily of clawed perissodactyls (odd-toed ungulates) that lived from the early Eocene to the early Pleistocene subepochs. Based on the fossil record they emerged and thrived largely in Eurasia, although specimens have been found in both Africa and North America. They were likely browsers that fed mainly on leaves, twigs, and other nonresistant vegetation. Many of the contained genera had derived specializations of the forelimb and manus that allowed the claws to be used as hooks for browsing and to be kept off of the ground while walking. Chalicotheres lived primarily in forested areas. Size sexual dimorphism and morphological structures such as the domed skulls of Tylocephalonyx suggest agonistic behaviour in some sort of social setting. They are relat (en)
- Chalicotherioidea è una superfamiglia estinta di perissodattili artigliati vissuta dall'Eocene inferiore al Pleistocene inferiore, circa 48.6–0.005 milioni di anni fa. Sulla base della documentazione fossile, questi animali prosperarono in gran parte dell'Eurasia, con alcune specie presenti anche in Africa e in Nord America. Questi curiosi animali erano probabilmente dei brucatori che si nutrivano principalmente di foglie, ramoscelli e alta vegetazione. Molti dei generi conosciuti avevano specializzazioni derivate negli arti anteriori e nelle mano che permettevano loro di utilizzare gli artigli come uncini per agganciare e tirare a se la vegetazione, camminando principalmente sulle nocche per evitare di rovinare gli artigli mentre camminavano. I chalicotheroidi vivevano principalmente in a (it)
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| - Chalicotherioidea is an extinct superfamily of clawed perissodactyls (odd-toed ungulates) that lived from the early Eocene to the early Pleistocene subepochs. Based on the fossil record they emerged and thrived largely in Eurasia, although specimens have been found in both Africa and North America. They were likely browsers that fed mainly on leaves, twigs, and other nonresistant vegetation. Many of the contained genera had derived specializations of the forelimb and manus that allowed the claws to be used as hooks for browsing and to be kept off of the ground while walking. Chalicotheres lived primarily in forested areas. Size sexual dimorphism and morphological structures such as the domed skulls of Tylocephalonyx suggest agonistic behaviour in some sort of social setting. They are related to modern day horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, as well as the extinct brontotheres. (en)
- Chalicotherioidea è una superfamiglia estinta di perissodattili artigliati vissuta dall'Eocene inferiore al Pleistocene inferiore, circa 48.6–0.005 milioni di anni fa. Sulla base della documentazione fossile, questi animali prosperarono in gran parte dell'Eurasia, con alcune specie presenti anche in Africa e in Nord America. Questi curiosi animali erano probabilmente dei brucatori che si nutrivano principalmente di foglie, ramoscelli e alta vegetazione. Molti dei generi conosciuti avevano specializzazioni derivate negli arti anteriori e nelle mano che permettevano loro di utilizzare gli artigli come uncini per agganciare e tirare a se la vegetazione, camminando principalmente sulle nocche per evitare di rovinare gli artigli mentre camminavano. I chalicotheroidi vivevano principalmente in aree boschive. Il dimorfismo sessuale osservabile dalle dimensioni e dalle strutture morfologiche di questi animali, come i crani a cupola di Tylocephalonyx, suggeriscono un comportamento agonistico in una sorta di contesto sociale. Nonostante il loro aspetto bizzarro, questi animali sono imparentati con cavalli, rinoceronti e tapiri, così come con gli estinti brontotheri. (it)
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