Paenanthracotherium was a genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe and Asia during the Oligocene.

Paenanthracotherium
Temporal range: Oligocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Anthracotheriidae
Subfamily: Anthracotheriinae
Genus: Paenanthracotherium
Species
  • P. bergeri Scherler, Lihoreau & Becker, 2018 (type)
  • P. hippoideum (Rutimeyer, 1857)
  • P. strategus (Forster-Cooper, 1913)

Taxonomy

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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

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Fossils of Paenanthracotherium are known from France, Germany, Pakistan, Romania, and Switzerland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.