Nestoritherium Temporal range: Late Miocene to |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Chalicotheriidae |
Genus: | †Nestoritherium |
Nestoritherium is an extinct genus of chalicothere; it has been dated to have lived from the late Miocene to the Early Pleistocene (11.6-0.781 mya). This range makes Nestoritherium the most recently dated chalicothere to date- it has been found in fossil sites in Myanmar and China.