Chalicotheres - Giant-Clawed Horse Relatives 

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From A HUGE fan of animals to the next this is more than one of my fav. of numerous vids of amazing, descendant and top 🔝 animals I ever seen.

have you've heard of Forgotten Bloodlines.

@@gattycroc8073 I'm familiar with Forgotten Bloodlines. I guess I'm just so hungry for more Cenozoic content that a big budget one would also be welcomed.

Walking with beasts is an option as well

@@AnkySharma indeed, already seen it however. It was a childhood great of mine.

ZZZ they need to do the Permian.

You too eh?

Tbf, these are either recently discovered species or VERY obscure species. Even some prehistoric dinosaurs, reptiles, amphibians, fish etc. don't have much info on them

There are dozens of us. Dozens!

It's so wild to see the different types of animals that came and went long before us humans ever even arrived on the scene

My thought as well.

"Aren't they similar in body plan to the groundsloths?" - you're misusing 'body plan', that's a much more general trait than what you mean. ALL vertebrates have the same body plan. - what you mean is specific morphological traits similar in each group (ground sloths and Chalicotheriidae). But they aren't closely related, the similarities are convergent evolution

Hey at 8:11 you said they were found in Myanmar…are they known to have Orange like fur/pelz? Would be interesting why Orang-Utans evolved also to have that coloursheme🤨😄

It's all fine and dandy in the realm of Fantasy. Zebras haven't been domesticated yet, so I would not bet for chalichotherium domestication either. Anyway my favorite fantasy domesticate would be those four tusked "elephants", whose taxonomical name I can't recall right now. They'd be ideal for military charges as well as for excavators prior to cyberpunk stage of the civilization.

The term "four-tusked elephant" only applies to the genus Primelephas, which is an official genus of elephant.

@@indyreno2933 - I was thinking of gomphoterium actually. Elephant enough to me.

@LuisAldamiz, Gomphotherium is not an elephant, which is why "four-tusked elephant" applies only to Primelephas because Primelephas reps are officially elephants.

Because I really want to see the ancestors of parrots and want to know what do parrots look like from the

Hooves are nails, claws are nails.

Beware of a commenter called Indy Reno posting nonsense taxonomy and other flawed info. He does this all the time and stubbornly ignores criticism.

Yet again Reno gets it wrong. - claws are not defined by lineage, but by their homological presentation in a wide range of taxa, i.e. distinct lineages have claws in a wide range of morphologies

@@donaldpaton1691 - In fact we could well say that it's also our body plan, not exactly but sorta, just compare with our gorilla cousins...

Yep, pretty much. Iirc, they initially had three toes that eventually were replaced by one big toe

What's the alternative?

​@@LimeyLassenButting there necks

Or saber-hoofed horses for the whole family because of their large claw-like hooves, but despite the name and their superficially horse-like appearance, chalicotheres are more closely related to rhinos and tapirs and are classified with them under the suborder Ceratomorpha, similar to megaceropids being superficially rhino-like, but they are more closely related to equids than to rhinos and are classified with them under the suborder Hippomorpha.

@@indyreno2933 As animal origins did show in the video, AND I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH YOU FOR ONCE!!!!

Or donkey kongs

@@andrewgan557 I get it! 😂

@@indyreno2933 that's why I describe brontotheres as horses trying to be rhinos and chalicotheres are tapir or rhinos trying to be....... Either head bangers or ground sloths.

Beware of a commenter called Indy Reno posting nonsense taxonomy and other flawed info. He does this all the time and stubbornly ignores criticism.

​@@Dr.IanPlecthello Dr I think I remember you from another reply section of another of Indy's comments but I wonder can you criticize my bird orders list so here it is Struthioniformes(ostriches) Rheiformes(rheas) Apterygiformes(kiwis) Tinamiformes(tinamous) Casuariiformes(cassowaries and emus) Galliformes(landfowl) Anseriformes(waterfowl) Phoenicopteriformes(flamingos) Podicipediformes(grebes) Columbiformes(pigeons and doves) Mesitornithiformes(mesites) Pterocliformes(sandgrouse) Otidiformes(bustards) Cuculiformes(cuckoos) Musophagiformes(turacos) Gruiformes(cranes and rails) Charadriiformes(shorebirds) Opisthocomiformes(hoatzin) Caprimulgiformes(nightjars) Nyctibiiformes(potoos) Steatornithiformes(oilbird) Podargiformes(frogmouths) Aegotheliformes(owlet nightjars) Apodiformes(swifts and hummingbirds) Phaethontiformes(tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes(sunbitterns and kagu) Gaviiformes(loons) Procellariiformes(albatrosses and petrals) Sphenisciformes(penguins) Ciconiiformes(storks) Suliformes(boobies, cormorants, gannets, ect.) Pelecaniformes(pelicans, herons, ibises, ect.) Cathartiformes(new world vultures) Accipitriformes(eagles, hawks, old world vultures, ect.) Strigiformes(owls) Coliiformes(mousebirds) Leptosomiformes(cuckoo roller) Trogoniformes(trogons and quetzals) Bucerotiformes(hornbills and hoopoes) Coraciiformes(kingfishers, todies, motmots, ect.) Piciformes(woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, ect.) Cariamiformes(seriemas) Falconiformes(falcons) Psittaciformes(parrots) Passeriformes(perching birds)

@@Coelacanth_yes And I remember you too, you were very respectful! So I checked all names, yes they are all valid and current orders of birds. What's this for?

@@Dr.IanPlect just checking and I'm gonna see if I'm good with animal orders and that's all so here's the mammal orders Monotremata(platypuses and echidnas) Didelphimorphia(opossums) Paucituberculata(shrew opossums) Microbiotheria(monito del Monte) Dasyuromorphia(most carnivorous marsupials) Peramelemorphia(bandicoots, and bilbies) Notoryctemorphia(marsupial moles) Diprotodontia(wombats, possums, macropods, ect.) Afrosoricida(tenrecs, golden moles, and otter shrews) Macroscelidea(elephant shrews) Tubulidentata(aardvark) Proboscidea(elephants) Sirenia(sea cows) Hyracoidea(hyraxes) Cingulata(armadillos) Pilosa(anteaters and sloths) Scandentia(tree shrews) Dermoptera(Colugos) Primates(monkeys, apes, lemurs, ect.) Lagomorpha(rabbits, hares and pikas) Rodentia(rodents) Eulipotyphla(shrews, moles, hedgehogs, ect.) Chiroptera(bats) Pholidota(pangolins) Carnivora(cats, dogs, seals, ect.) Perissodactyla(odd toed hooved mammals) Artiodactyla(even toed hooved mammals) And I have one more question is clade Percomorpha it's order or is it brocken up into a bunch of different orders like some sources say

@cholachanthyes9191, actually, there are just thirty extant orders of birds, Tinamiformes (Tinamous), Struthioniformes (Ostriches), Rheiformes (Rheas), Casuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emu), Apterygiformes (Kiwis), Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzin), Falconiformes (Birds of Prey), Galliformes (Gamebirds), Anseriformes (Waterfowl), Gruiformes (Cranes, Limpkin, Trumpeters, Rails, Crakes, Sora, Gallinules, Nativehens, Swamphens, Moorhen, Watercock, Coots, Finfoots, Flufftails, Woodrails, and Forest Rails), Charadriiformes (Shorebirds), Ciconiiformes (Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills), Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, Shags, Darters, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Tropicbirds, Shoebill, Hamerkop, Sunbittern, and Kagu), Procellariiformes (Petrels, Shearwaters, Fulmars, Prions, Albatrosses, and Storm Petrels), Podicipediformes (Grebes), Gaviiformes (Loons), Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos), Sphenisciformes (Penguins), Pteroclidiformes (Sandgrouse), Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves), Cuculiformes (Cuckoos, Turacos, Bustards, and Mesites), Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, Nighthawks, Poorwills, Pauraques, Frogmouths, Owlet Nightjars, Potoos, and Oilbird), Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds), Strigiformes (Owls), Trogoniformes (Trogons), Piciformes (Woodpeckers, Honeyguides, Toucans, Barbets, Jacamars, and Puffbirds), Coraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Motmots, Todies, Hornbills, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes, and Scimitarbills), Coliiformes (Mousebirds), Psittaciformes (Parrots), and Passeriformes (Passerines), the four extant superorders of birds are Palaeognathae (Tinamous and Ratites), Palaeoaves (Primitive Neognaths), Aequornithes (Water-Based Neoavians), and Telleraves (Land-Based Neoavians), Palaeognathae contains five extant orders under two grandorders being Tinamimorphae (Tinamous and Fossil Relatives) with a single extant order being Tinamiformes and Struthionimorphae (Ratites) with the mirorders Struthionorheae (Holotropical Ratites) containing the orders Struthioniformes and Rheiformes and Casuarioapterygae (Oceanian Ratites) containing the orders Casuariiformes and Apterygiformes, Palaeoaves contains four extant orders being Opisthocomiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, and Anseriformes, Aequornithes contains nine extant orders within three grandorders, the grandorders are Gruicharadriae with the orders Gruiformes and Charadriiformes, Ciconiopelecanae with the orders Ciconiiformes and Pelecaniformes, and Procellariimorphae containing three mirorders being Procellariae with only the order Procellariiformes, Gaviopodicipedae with the orders Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes, and Phoenicopterospheniscae with the orders Phoenicopteriformes and Sphenisciformes, and Telleraves contains twelve extant orders also under three grandorders, the grandorders are Columbimorphae with the orders Pteroclidiformes and Columbiformes, Furitivornithes with the orders Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, and Strigiformes, and Coraciopasserea consisting of two mirorders, Coraciimorphae with the orders Trogoniformes, Piciformes, and Coraciiformes and Passerimorphae with the orders Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes List of bird orders: 1) Tinamiformes (contains 1 family: Tinamidae) 2) Struthioniformes (contains 1 family: Struthionidae) 3) Rheiformes (contains 1 family: Rheidae) 4) Casuariiformes (contains 2 families: Dromaiidae and Casuariidae) 5) Apterygiformes (contains 1 family: Apterygidae) 6) Opisthocomiformes (contains 1 family: Opisthocomidae) 7) Falconiformes (contains 9 families: Cariamidae, Sagittariidae, Aquilidae, Accipitridae, Pandionidae, Aegypiidae, Caracaridae, Falconidae, and Cathartidae) 8) Galliformes (contains 9 families: Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Numididae, Rollulidae, Phasianidae, Odontophoridae, Perdicidae, Tetraonidae, and Gallidae) 9) Anseriformes (contains 6 families: Anhimidae, Anseranatidae, Anseridae, Dendrocygnidae, Anatidae, and Mergidae) 10) Gruiformes (contains 6 families: Sarothuridae, Heliornithidae, Rallidae, Psophiidae, Aramidae, and Gruidae) 11) Charadriiformes (contains 20 families: Pedionomidae, Turnicidae, Thinocoridae, Rostratulidae, Jacanidae, Scolopacidae, Charadriidae, Pluvianellidae, Recurvirostridae, Ibidorhynchidae, Haematopodidae, Burhinidae, Chionidae, Glareolidae, Dromadidae, Pluvianidae, Laridae, Stercorariidae, Sternidae, and Alcidae) 12) Ciconiiformes (contains 3 families: Threskiornithidae, Ardeidae, and Ciconiidae) 13) Pelecaniformes (contains 10 families: Rhynochetidae, Eurypygidae, Scopidae, Balaenicipitidae, Phaethontidae, Sulidae, Fregatidae, Anhingidae, Phalacrocoracidae, and Pelecanidae) 14) Procellariiformes (contains 4 families: Oceanitidae, Hydrobatidae, Diomedeidae, and Procellariidae) 15) Podicipediformes (contains 1 family: Podicipedidae) 16) Gaviiformes (contains 1 family: Gaviidae) 17) Phoenicopteriformes (contains 1 family: Phoenicopteridae) 18) Sphenisciformes (contains 1 family: Spheniscidae) 19) Pteroclidiformes (contains 1 family: Pteroclididae) 20) Columbiformes (contains 1 family: Columbidae) 21) Cuculiformes (contains 4 families: Musophagidae, Cuculidae, Otididae, and Mesitornithidae) 22) Caprimulgiformes (contains 5 families: Caprimulgidae, Aegotgelidae, Podargidae, Nyctibiidae, and Steatornithidae) 23) Apodiformes (contains 3 families: Hemiprocnidae, Apodidae, and Trochilidae) 24) Strigiformes (contains 2 families: Tytonidae and Strigidae) 25) Trogoniformes (contains 1 family: Trogonidae) 26) Piciformes (contains 9 families: Bucconidae, Galbulidae, Megalaimidae, Lybiidae, Semnornithidae, Capitonidae, Ramphastidae, Indicatoridae, and Picidae) 27) Coraciiformes (contains 10 families: Coraciidae, Brachypteraciidae, Leptosomidae, Momotidae, Todidae, Alcedinidae, Meropidae, Phoeniculidae, Upupidae, and Bucerotidae) 28) Coliiformes (contains 1 family: Coliidae) 29) Psittaciformes (contains 10 families: Nestoridae, Strigopidae, Nymphicidae, Cacatuidae, Coracopsidae, Micropsittidae, Psittaculidae, Loriidae, Psittacellidae, and Psittacidae) 30) Passeriformes (contains 145 families: Acanthisittidae, Pittidae, Philepittidae, Sapayoidae, Eurylaimidae, Calyptomenidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae, Tityridae, Tyrannidae, Melanopareiidae, Conopophagidae, Thamnophilidae, Grallariidae, Rhinocryptidae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Menuridae, Atrichornithidae, Climacteridae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pomatostomidae, Orthonychidae, Maluridae, Dasyornithidae, Meliphagidae, Pardalotidae, Acanthizidae, Cinclostomatidae, Campephagidae, Mohouidae, Neosittidae, Psophodidae, Eulacestomidae, Falcunculidae, Oreoicidae, Paramythiidae, Vireonidae, Pachycephalidae, Oriolidae, Machaerirhynchidae, Artamidae, Peltopsidae, Cracticidae, Rhagologidae, Malaconotidae, Pityriaseidae, Aegithinidae, Platysteiridae, Vangidae, Rhipiduridae, Dricruridae, Ifritidae, Monarchidae, Paradisaeidae, Corcoracidae, Melampittidae, Platylophidae, Laniidae, Corvidae, Cnemophilidae, Melanochartidae, Notiomystidae, Callaeidae, Petroicidae, Eupetidae, Chaetopidae, Picathartidae, Hyliotidae, Stenostiridae, Paridae, Remizidae, Panuridae, Alaudidae, Nicatoridae, Macrosphenidae, Cisticolidae, Acrocephalidae, Donacobiidae, Bernieridae, Pnoepygidae, Hirundinidae, Pycnonotidae, Paradoxornithidae, Sylviidae, Zosteropidae, Timaliidae, Leiothrichidae, Pellorneidae, Phylloscopidae, Hyliidae, Aegithalidae, Erythrocercidae, Scotocercidae, Cettiidae, Regulidae, Dulidae, Bombycillidae, Ptiliogonyidae, Hylocitreidae, Hypocoliidae, Mohoidae, Tichodromidae, Sittidae, Certhiidae, Polioptilidae, Troglodytidae, Elachuridae, Cinclidae, Muscicapidae, Turdidae, Buphagidae, Sturnidae, Mimidae, Promeropidae, Modulatrichidae, Nectariniidae, Diceidae, Chloropseidae, Irenidae, Peucedramidae, Urocynchramidae, Ploceidae, Viduidae, Estrildidae, Prunellidae, Passeridae, Motacillidae, Fringillidae, Rhodinocichlidae, Passerellidae, Parulidae, Icteriidae, Icteridae, Calyptophilidae, Zeledoniidae, Nesospingidae, Spindalidae, Phaenicophilidae, Calcariidae, Emberizidae, Mitrospingidae, Thraupidae, Cardinalidae, and Geospizidae) List of bird superorders: 1) Palaeognathae (contains 5 extant orders: Tinamiformes, Struthioniformes, Rheiformes, Casuariiformes, and Apterygiformes) 2) Palaeoaves (contains 4 extant orders: Opisthocomiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, and Anseriformes) 3) Aequornithes (contains 9 extant orders: Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Pelecaniformes, Procellariiformes, Podicipediformes, Gaviiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, and Sphenisciformes) 4) Telleraves (contains 12 extant orders: Pteroclidiformes, Columbiformes, Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, Strigiformes, Trogoniformes, Piciformes, Coraciiformes, Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes)

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Beware of a commenter called Indy Reno posting nonsense taxonomy and other flawed info. He does this all the time and stubbornly ignores criticism.

@@Dr.IanPlect You come across those types on these sort of videos.

@@generaldissatisfaction5397 Indeed, vermin everywhere.

​@@generaldissatisfaction5397Wait, are you saying there is more of his type? Please no. One is enough!

Beware of a commenter called Indy Reno posting nonsense taxonomy and other flawed info. He does this all the time and stubbornly ignores criticism.

Beware of a commenter called Indy Reno posting nonsense taxonomy and other flawed info. He does this all the time and stubbornly ignores criticism.

@Dr.IanPlect, just stay out of this if you're going to keep posting this.

​@@indyreno2933 You know very well what you do; - post flawed taxonomies and other info - when corrected or confronted, you ignore it and stubbornly respond, commonly with 'actually...' ------------- If you had a better attitude regarding what I and others correct you about, I wouldn't have to continually provide warnings about what you post as 'information', because you wouldn't keep doing it. As you have done for at least 8 years that I know of (I'm nurnord!). Ian Plect is my real name, and I have a BSc in biology and PhD in zoology; my point being that I don't comment on your comments for fun. I do it because you endlessly spew flawed info from my profession, something I'm passionate about. Your latest being your 'Since chalicotheres are hoofed mammals, chalicotheres do not have claws' comment. If you want a further explanation and to LEARN why this is wrong, reply under that comment (I've already replied to it summarising your error)

@Dr.IanPlect, the taxonomy I post is now officially correct, like for example with camels (family Camelidae), where there are just six extant species within four genera, two tribes, and a single extant subfamily, the six extant camel species are the Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), the Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), the Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), the Llama (Lama glama), the Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), and the Bactrian Camel (Oreocamelus bactrianus), all four extant camel genera are based solely on morphology, all six extant camel species within four genera constitute the subfamily Camelinae, which is further divided into two tribes being Lamini (Modern Humpless Camels) containing the genera Vicugna (Vicuna and Alpaca) and Lama (Guanaco and Llama) and Camelini (Humped Camels) containing the genera Camelus (Modern One-Humped Camels) and Oreocamelus (Two-Humped Camels), these four extant camel genera have many differences, for within the Lamini tribe, the differences between the genera Vicugna and Lama is that all species within the genus Vicugna have short snouts, while all species of the genus Lama have longer snouts, whereas within the Camelini tribe, the differences between the genera Camelus and Oreocamelus is that all species in the genus Camelus have just one hump, while all species of the genus Oreocamelus have two humps.

@@indyreno2933 My warnings don't always specify each comment of yours; it's a general description of what you tend to do. I note you ignore my other points; typical.

Beware of a commenter called Indy Reno posting nonsense taxonomy and other flawed info. He does this all the time and stubbornly ignores criticism.