Paenanthracotherium
Paenanthracotherium was a genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe and Asia during the Oligocene.
Paenanthracotherium Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Anthracotheriidae |
Genus: | †Paenanthracotherium |
Species | |
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Taxonomy
The type species of the genus is Paenanthracotherium bergeri. The species "Anthracotherium" hippoideum and "Brachyodus" strategus have been reassigned to this genus based on similarities with P. bergeri.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of Paenanthracotherium are known from France, Germany, Pakistan, Romania, and Switzerland.[1]
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.
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