Qatraniodon Ducrocq 1997 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Full reference: S. Ducrocq. 1997. The Anthracotheriid Genus Bothriogenys (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) in Africa and Asia During the Paleogene: Phylogenetical and Paleobiogeographical Relationships. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 250:1-44

Parent taxon: Anthracotheriidae according to S. Ducrocq 1997

See also Holroyd et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Aepinacodon, Afromeryx, Ancodon, Anthracochoerus, Anthracosenex, Anthracotheriinae, Arretotherium, Atopotherium, Bothriodontinae, Bugtitherium, Bunobrachyodus, Choeromeryx, Elliottherium, Elotherium, Epirigenys, Gonotelma, Hemimeryx, Heothema, Huananothema, Kukusepasutanka, Masritherium, Merycops, Microbunodontinae, Pachychoerops, Parabrachyodus, Probrachyodus, Sivameryx, Telmatodon, Ulausuodon

Subtaxa: Qatraniodon parvus

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at NNW of Birket Qarun (Eocene to Oligocene of Egypt)

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