Brachyodus

Brachyodus; Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Anthracotheriidae
Genus:	†Brachyodus
Species
	†B. onoideus (Gervais, 1859) (type);

Brachyodus was a genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe during the Early Miocene.

Taxonomy

The type and only species of this genus is B. onoideus. The nominal species "Brachyodus" strategus has been reassigned to Paenanthracotherium based on similarities with P. bergeri.[1] Likewise, the putative Asian species "B." japonicus was referred to Elomeryx by Tsubamoto and Kohno (2011).[2]

Distribution

Fossils of Brachyodus are known from latest early Miocene deposits in Europe.[3]

References

Laureline Scherler; Fabrice Lihoreau; Damien Becker (2018). "To split or not to split Anthracotherium? A phylogeny of Anthracotheriinae (Cetartiodactyla: Hippopotamoidea) and its palaeobiogeographical implications". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Online edition. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly052.
Tsubamoto, T. and N. Kohno (2011). Reappraisal of "Brachyodus" japonicus, an Oligocene anthracotheriid cetartiodactyl from Japan. Paleontological Research, Vol.15, Number 3.
Antunes, M.T. and L. Ginsburg (2003). The last Anthracothere Brachyodus onoideus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from westernmost Europe and its extinction. Ciencias da Terra (UNL), Number 15.

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[:1-1] Laureline Scherler; Fabrice Lihoreau; Damien Becker (2018). "To split or not to split Anthracotherium? A phylogeny of Anthracotheriinae (Cetartiodactyla: Hippopotamoidea) and its palaeobiogeographical implications". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Online edition. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly052.

[2] Tsubamoto, T. and N. Kohno (2011). Reappraisal of "Brachyodus" japonicus, an Oligocene anthracotheriid cetartiodactyl from Japan. Paleontological Research, Vol.15, Number 3.

[3] Antunes, M.T. and L. Ginsburg (2003). The last Anthracothere Brachyodus onoideus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from westernmost Europe and its extinction. Ciencias da Terra (UNL), Number 15.