Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Synonyms: Eurytherium Gervais 1852, Hoplotherium Meyer 1841, Oplotherium Laizer and Parieu 1838, Pleregnathus Laizer and Parieu 1838
Full reference: G. Cuvier. 1804. Memoire sur le squelette presque entier d'un petit quadrupede du genre des sarigues, trouvé dans la pierre a platre des environs de Paris. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 5:277-292
Parent taxon: Anoplotheriinae according to J. Erfurt and G. Metais 2007
See also Carroll 1988, de Blanchini and Blanchini 1971, Gray 1825, Hooker 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Owen 1848
Sister taxa: Diplobune, Duerotherium, Ephelcomenus, Robiatherium
Subtaxa: Anoplotherium commune Anoplotherium latipes Anoplotherium laurillardi Anoplotherium platypus Anoplotherium pompeckji Anoplotherium sivalense Thylacomorphus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (11), Germany (1), Portugal (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 27 collections including 34 occurrences
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