Anthracotherium Cuvier 1822 (anthracothere)

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

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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

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