Anthracobune Explained

Anthracobune ("coal mound") is an extinct genus of stem perissodactyl from the middle Eocene of the Upper Kuldana Formation of Kohat, Punjab, Pakistan.^[1]

The size of a small tapir, it lived in a marshy environment and fed on soft aquatic plants. It is the largest-known anthracobunid. This group was formerly classified with proboscideans.

References

• Kumar . Kishor . 1991 . Anthracobune aijiensis nov. sp. (Mammalia: Proboscidea) from the Subathu Formation, Eocene from NW Himalaya, India . Geobios . 24 . 2 . 221–39 . 1991Geobi..24..221K . 10.1016/s0016-6995(91)80010-w . 4656806310.
• Pilgrim . Guy E. . Guy Ellcock Pilgrim . 1940 . Middle Eocene mammals from north-west Pakistan . Proceedings of the Zoological Society . B . London . 110 . 127–152 . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1940.tb00029.x.
• Sahni . Ashok . Kumar . Kishor . and . 1980 . Lower Eocene Sirenia, Ishatherium subathuensis, gen. et sp. nov. from the type area, Subathu Formation, Subathu, Simla Himalayas, H. P. . Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India . 23&24 . 132–5 . 1 July 2013.
• Wells . Neil A. . Gingerich . Philip D. . Philip D. Gingerich . and . 1983 . Review of Eocene Anthracobunidae (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with a new genus and species, Jozaria palustris, from the Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan) . Contrib. Mus. Pal. Univ. Michigan . 26 . 7 . 117–139 . 742731409.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fossilworks: Anthracobune. 17 December 2021. fossilworks.org.