Paenanthracotherium
| Paenanthracotherium Temporal range: Oligocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Anthracotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Anthracotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Paenanthracotherium |
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Paenanthracotherium was a genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe and Asia during the Oligocene.
Taxonomy[edit]
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[edit]
Fossils of Paenanthracotherium are known from France, Germany, Pakistan, Romania, and Switzerland.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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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