Bothriodon
Bothriodon Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Bothriodon americanus skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Anthracotheriidae |
Genus: | †Bothriodon Aymard, 1848 |
Bothriodon is an extinct genus of anthracotheriid artiodactyl from the late Eocene to early Oligocene of Asia, Europe, and North America. It was about the size of a large pig, reaching an estimated weight of more than 199 kg (439 lbs).[1]
References[]
- ^ http://www.hayashibaramuseum.jp/report/pdf/HMNSRB_v3_p143-147.pdf[permanent dead link]
- The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose
- Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton
Categories:
- Anthracotheres
- Eocene even-toed ungulates
- Eocene mammals of Asia
- Eocene mammals of Europe
- Eocene mammals of North America
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs