Paenanthracotherium
Appearance
Paenanthracotherium Temporal range: Oligocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Anthracotheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Anthracotheriinae |
Genus: | †Paenanthracotherium |
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Paenanthracotherium was a genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe and Asia during the Oligocene.
Taxonomy
The type species of the genus is Paenanthracotherium bergeri. The species "Anthracotherium" hippoideum and "Brachyodus" strategus have been re-assigned 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
- ^ a b 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.