Paenanthracotherium was a genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe and Asia during the Oligocene.
Paenanthracotherium Temporal range: Oligocene
| |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Anthracotheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Anthracotheriinae |
Genus: | †Paenanthracotherium |
Species | |
|
Taxonomy
editThe 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
editFossils of Paenanthracotherium are known from France, Germany, Pakistan, Romania, and Switzerland.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.