Agnotherium

Agnotherium; Temporal range: 16.9–11.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Genus:	†Agnotherium; Kaup, 1833
Species
	†A. antiquum Kaup, 1833;
	Range of Agnothrium by fossil distribution

Agnotherium (from Greek: ἁγνός agnos, 'chaste' and Greek: θηρίον therium 'beast')^[1] is an extinct genus of large terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Europe and North Africa in the Middle Miocene subepoch 16.9—11.6 Mya, existing for approximately 5.3 million years.^[2]

Agnotherium was originally assigned to Thaumastocyonini by Ginsburg in 1977^[3] and to Amphicyonidae by Carroll in 1988.

Fossil distribution[]

The first specimen was located in strata zone MN 4 in Alsace, France Other locations were: En Pejouan, Midi-Pyrenees Region; Pontigne. Another specimen was discovered in Bèni Mellal, Morocco.

Sources[]

^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 4. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
^ Paleobiology Database: Agnotherium, age range and collections
^ L. Ginsburg. 1977. Les carnivores du Miocene de Beni Mellal (Maroc). Geologie Mediterraneene

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[1] Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 4. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

[2] Paleobiology Database: Agnotherium, age range and collections

[3] L. Ginsburg. 1977. Les carnivores du Miocene de Beni Mellal (Maroc). Geologie Mediterraneene

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