Anthracokeryx

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

Anthracokeryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
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]

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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. Paleontol Res. 6:363–384.
  2. Lihoreau F, Ducrocq S. 2007. Family Anthracotheriidae. In: Prothero DR, Foss SE, editors. The evolution of artiodactyls. Baltimore(MD): The Johns Hopkins University Press; p. 89–105.
  3. Ducrocq S, Benammi M, Chavasseau O, Chaimanee Y, Suraprasit K, Pha DP, Phuong VL, Phach PV, Jaeger J-J. 2015. New anthracotheres (Cetartiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of northeastern Vietnam: biochronological implications. J Vertebr Paleontol. 35:e929139.
  4. Alexander Averianov, Ekaterina Obraztsova, Igor Danilov & Jianhua Jin (2017): Anthracotheriid artiodactyl Anthracokeryx and an upper Eocene age for the Youganwo Formation of southern China, Historical Biology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2017.1421639


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