Amphirhagatherium
| Amphirhagatherium Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | Mammalia
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| Order: | Artiodactyla
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| Genus: | Amphirhagatherium Depéret, 1908
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| †A. fronstettense Depéret, 1908
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Amphirhagatherium is an extinct genus of artiodactyl that lived in northern Europe during the middle to late Eocene.[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 were used for intraspecific combat.[1]
Distribution[]
- Eocene
- , and , England
- Rocourt-Saint-Martin and Chéry-Chartreuve, France
- Frohnstetten, Germany
- Oligocene
- Bembridge Marls, England
References[]
- ^ a b Hooker, J. J. (2001). "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. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00203.
Categories:
- Eocene mammals of Europe
- Oligocene mammals of Europe
- Paleogene England
- Fossils of England
- Paleogene France
- Fossils of France
- Paleogene Germany
- Fossils of Germany
- Fossil taxa described in 1908
- Taxa named by Charles Depéret
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera