Anthracotherium crassum Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Alternative combination: Anthracothema crassum

Synonyms: Anthracohyus choeroides Pilgrim and Cotter 1916, Anthracokeryx moriturus Pilgrim 1928

Full reference: G. E. Pilgrim and G. P. Cotter. 1916. Some newly discovered Eocene mammals from Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 47:42-77

Belongs to Anthracotherium according to T. Tsubamoto et al. 2002

See also Pilgrim 1928 and Pilgrim and Cotter 1916

Sister taxa: Anthracotherium alsaticum, Anthracotherium bellia, Anthracotherium bugtiense, Anthracotherium chaimanei, Anthracotherium changlingensis, Anthracotherium chengbiensis, Anthracotherium cuvieri, Anthracotherium gungkangensis, Anthracotherium kwablianicum, Anthracotherium magnum, Anthracotherium monsvialense, Anthracotherium pangan, Anthracotherium pygmaeum, Anthracotherium seckbachense, Anthracotherium sinense, Anthracotherium valdense, Anthracotherium verhoeveni

Type specimens:

  • Anthracotherium crassum: GSA B615, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment with M2-3). Its type locality is Pakokku District, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.
  • Anthracohyus choeroides: Its type locality is Pakokku District, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.
  • Anthracokeryx moriturus: Its type locality is Pangan 2, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of Myanmar (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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