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