Ancylotherium

Ancylotherium
Temporal range: 6.5–1.8 Ma
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 Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene
A. pentelicum arms
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Chalicotheriidae
Subfamily: †Schizotheriinae
Genus: †Ancylotherium
Gaudry, 1863
Species
  • A. hennigi
  • A. pentelicum Gaudry and Lartet 1856
  • A. hellenicum Koufos 2012

Ancylotherium (from Greek, meaning "hooked beast") is an extinct genus of the family Chalicotheriidae, subfamily Schizotheriinae, endemic to Europe, Asia, and Africa during the Late Miocene-Early Pleistocene (11.6—1.8 mya), existing for approximately 9.8 million years.[1]

  1. ^ "PaleobiologyDatabase: Ancylotherium". paleodb.org. Retrieved November 5, 2023.