MOROPUS Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Well, you can see some reconstructions in BBC, documentaries "Walking with the beasts".I was doing some cleaning, and I found all my collection of paleontological dvd, so, I started to watch them.I can`t remember wich chapter was. With the name Chalicotherium, this were a tipe of earlier member of Moropus (this were Oligocene, Moropus was Miocene).It was a very rare animal.With head like a horse, and body like giant sloth, but with enourmous clows and enourmously powerfull arms.They walk with their nucles, but they must been bipedal aswell.It was pretty big. By the way, I hardly recomend to try and buy or download this serie, due to the quality of the imagines. Bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Moropus was indeed one of the Chalicotheres (Family Chalicotheriidae). These bizarre animals were Perissdactyls (odd-toed ungulates) and belong in the Order Perissodactyla which includes horses, rhinos, tapirs, and the equally aberrant brontotheres (titanotheres) along with a few even more obscure groups. Interestingly, there were (and are) stories coming out of the forests of western Kenya about the 'Nandi Bear', a legendary beast that is variously described as a ferocious carnivore or a benign herbivore. Some folks speculate that the description is of a hyena, possibly an undescribed species, while others (Louis Leaky, for example) speculate that the animal, if it exists, might be a Chalicothere. -Joe 1 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 The goofiest extant animal I can think of that even faintly resembles that thing is the okapi. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I have tried downloading the series but it never works. However it is on my wish list and hopefully I'll buy it sooner or later. It features one of my favorites on it. I do know you can watch pretty well all of it on YouTube... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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