Biology:Amphirhagatherium

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Amphirhagatherium
Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
~37–29 Ma
Amphirhagatherium weigelti.jpg
Model of A. weigelti
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Choeropotamidae
Genus: Amphirhagatherium
Depéret, 1908
Type species
Amphirhagatherium fronstettense
Depéret, 1908
Species
  • A. edwardsi
  • A. fronstettense
  • A. louisi
  • A. ruetimeyeri
  • A. weigelti
Synonyms
  • Anthracobunodon

Amphirhagatherium is an extinct genus of artiodactyl that lived in northern Europe during the middle to late Eocene.[1]

Distribution

Eocene
  • Creechbarrow Limestone, Upper Headon Beds and Bembridge Marls Formations, England
  • Rocourt-Saint-Martin and Chéry-Chartreuve, France
  • Frohnstetten, Germany
Oligocene
  • Bembridge Marls, England

References

  1. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q474950 entry