Anthracokeryx

Anthracokeryx is a genus of extinct artiodactyl ungulate mammal belonging to Anthracotheriidae that lived in Asia during the middle to late Eocene.

Anthracokeryx
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Superfamily: Hippopotamoidea
Family: †Anthracotheriidae
Genus: †Anthracokeryx

Taxonomy

Anthracokeryx was treated as a junior synonym of Anthracotherium by Tsubamoto et al. (2002) based on similarities in dental morphology.[1] However, other authors have rejected the synonymy and recognized Anthracokeryx as a distinct form in the subfamily Microbunodontinae.[2][3][4]

Distribution

Fossils of Anthracokeryx are known from China, Myanmar, and Vietnam.[1]

References
  1. Tsubamoto T, Takai M, Egi N, Shigehara N, Tun ST, Aung AK, Soe Aung Naing, Thein T. 2002. The Anthracotheriidae (Mammalia; Artiodactyla) from the Eocene Pondaung Formation (Myanmar) and comments on some other anthracotheres from the Eocene of Asia. Paleontological Research. 6:363–384.
  2. Lihoreau, Fabrice & Ducrocq, Stéphane. (2007). Family Anthracotheriidae. In: Prothero DR, Foss SE, editors. The evolution of artiodactyls. Baltimore(MD): The Johns Hopkins University Press; p. 89–105.
  3. Stéphane Ducrocq; Mouloud Benammi; Olivier Chavasseau; Yaowalak Chaimanee; Kantapon Suraprasit; Phan dong Pha; Vu le Phuong; Phung van Phach; Jean-jacques Jaeger (28 Apr 2015). "New anthracotheres (Cetartiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of northeastern Vietnam: biochronological implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (3). doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.929139.
  4. Averianov, Alexander; Obraztsova, Ekaterina; Danilov, Igor; Jin, Jianhua (29 Dec 2017). "Anthracotheriid artiodactyl Anthracokeryx and an upper Eocene age for the Youganwo Formation of southern China". Historical Biology. 31 (9): 1115–1122. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1421639.


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