Amphirhagatherium

Amphirhagatherium
Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
~37–29 Ma
Model of A. weigelti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 late Eocene to Early Oligocene.[1]

The dentition of Amphirhagatherium suggests that the genus had a mixed diet of leaves and fruits likely eaten at ground level. Caniniform anterior teeth suggest that there may have been a small carnivorous dietary component, or that they were used for intraspecific combat.[1]

  1. ^ a b 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.