Anthracotheriinae

Anthracotheriinae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Early Miocene
Skull and jaws of Anthracotherium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Superfamily: Hippopotamoidea
Family: †Anthracotheriidae
Subfamily: †Anthracotheriinae
Leidy, 1869
Genera[2][3]

The anthracotheriines are an extinct subfamily of anthracotheres that comprised Paleogene to early Neogene North American and Eurasian artiodactyls. The group contained the genera Anthracotherium, Heptacodon, and Paenanthracotherium, as well as possibly Myaingtherium and Siamotherium.[2][1] They were small to large sized anthracotheres, and when compared to the other two subfamilies, Microbunodontinae and Bothriodontinae, anthracotheriines are found to occupy a primitive, basal position in the family.[2][4][1]

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