Nabotherium aegyptiacum Andrews 1906 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Alternative combination: Rhagatherium aegyptiacum

Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1906. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt 1-324

Belongs to Nabotherium according to A. H. Sileem et al. 2016

See also Andrews 1906

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHM M8449, a tooth. Its type locality is NNW of Birket Qarun, which is in a Rupelian fluvial horizon in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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