Amphirhagatherium Explained

Amphirhagatherium is an extinct genus of artiodactyl that lived in Northern Europe during the late Eocene to Early Oligocene.[1]

The dentition of Amphirhagatherium suggests that the genus had a mixed diet of leaves and fruits likely eaten at ground level. Caniniform anterior teeth suggest that there may have been a small carnivorous dietary component, or that they were used for intraspecific combat.[1]

Distribution

Eocene
Oligocene

Notes and References

  1. 10.1111/1475-4983.00203. A New Species of Amphirhagatherium (Choeropotamidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Eocene Headon Hill Formation of Southern England and Phylogeny of Endemic European 'anthracotherioids'. Palaeontology. 44. 5. 827. 2001. Hooker . J. J. . free.