Ancylotherium
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Ancylotherium was a large, extinct clawed herbivorous mammal (a chalicothere) that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene and is known for its long forelimbs and distinctive hook-like claws.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ancylotherium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19735361 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ancylotherium Context triple: [Moropus, relatedTo, Ancylotherium]
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A.
Xiphodon
Xiphodon is an extinct genus of small, deer-like artiodactyl mammals known from Eocene deposits in Europe.
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B.
Ilyodon
Ilyodon is a genus of freshwater fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, known for inhabiting streams and rivers in Mexico.
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C.
Oromeryx
Oromeryx is an extinct genus of early ruminant mammals known from Eocene fossil deposits in North America.
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D.
Bembrichthys
Bembrichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes known commonly as deepwater flatheads, found on continental shelf and slope bottoms in the Indo-Pacific region.
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E.
Microbiotherium
Microbiotherium is an extinct genus of small, early marsupials known from South American fossils that provides key insights into the evolution and biogeography of marsupials.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ancylotherium Target entity description: Ancylotherium was a large, extinct clawed herbivorous mammal (a chalicothere) that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene and is known for its long forelimbs and distinctive hook-like claws.
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A.
Xiphodon
Xiphodon is an extinct genus of small, deer-like artiodactyl mammals known from Eocene deposits in Europe.
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B.
Ilyodon
Ilyodon is a genus of freshwater fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, known for inhabiting streams and rivers in Mexico.
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C.
Oromeryx
Oromeryx is an extinct genus of early ruminant mammals known from Eocene fossil deposits in North America.
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D.
Bembrichthys
Bembrichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes known commonly as deepwater flatheads, found on continental shelf and slope bottoms in the Indo-Pacific region.
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E.
Microbiotherium
Microbiotherium is an extinct genus of small, early marsupials known from South American fossils that provides key insights into the evolution and biogeography of marsupials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.