Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Synonym: Anthracohyus Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
Parent taxon: Anthracotheriinae according to L. Scherler et al. 2019
See also Boisserie et al. 2005, Boisserie et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, McKenna and Bell 1997, Orliac et al. 2010, Owen 1848, Pilgrim and Cotter 1916, Scott 1913 and Tsubamoto et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Anthracokeryx, Anthracotherium bumbachense, Anthracotherium illyricum, Heptacodon, Nabotherium, Paenanthracotherium, Prominatherium
Subtaxa: Anthracotherium alsaticum Anthracotherium bellia Anthracotherium bugtiense Anthracotherium chaimanei Anthracotherium changlingensis Anthracotherium chengbiensis Anthracotherium crassum Anthracotherium cuvieri Anthracotherium gungkangensis Anthracotherium kwablianicum Anthracotherium magnum Anthracotherium monsvialense Anthracotherium pangan Anthracotherium pygmaeum Anthracotherium seckbachense Anthracotherium sinense Anthracotherium valdense Anthracotherium verhoeveni
Type: Anthracotherium magnum
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection), Pakistan (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Kazakhstan (1)
• Oligocene of China (4), the Czech Republic (1), France (11), Georgia (1), Germany (3), Italy (6), Pakistan (2), Switzerland (4)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (6), Myanmar (15), Thailand (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 63 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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