Paenanthracotherium Explained

Paenanthracotherium was a genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe and Asia during the Oligocene.

Taxonomy

The type species of the genus is Paenanthracotherium bergeri. The species "Anthracotherium" hippoideum and "Brachyodus" strategus have been reassigned to this genus based on similarities with P. bergeri.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of Paenanthracotherium are known from France, Germany, Pakistan, Romania, and Switzerland.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Laureline Scherler; Fabrice Lihoreau; Damien Becker (2018). "To split or not to split Anthracotherium? A phylogeny of Anthracotheriinae (Cetartiodactyla: Hippopotamoidea) and its palaeobiogeographical implications". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Online edition. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly052.

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