Anisodon grande

Note: A digitally colored version of the original, available here:

http://sounder1995.blogspot.com/2015/08/anisodon-grande.html

Anisodon grande (Lartet, 1851)

-    Formerly = Chalicotherium grande (Blainville, 1849)

Mammalia

Theria

Eutheria

Placentalia

Boreoeutheria

Laurasiatheria

Perissodactyla

Chalicotheriidae

Chalicotheriinae

Late Oligocene to Early Pliocene

Europe

Height: 2.5+ m at the shoulder

A knuckle walking relative of modern day horses, rhinos, and tapirs, A. grande (not to be confused with Ariana Grande) spent a lot of her time sitting in front of trees and eating their leaves like a gorilla or panda.

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016