Anthracobune

Anthracobune
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Cranial elements of members of Anthracobune
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla[1]
Family: †Anthracobunidae
Genus: †Anthracobune (type)
Species[1]
The inferred range of Anthracobune

Anthracobune ("coal mound") is an extinct genus of stem perissodactyl from the middle Eocene of the Upper Kuldana Formation of Kohat, Punjab, Pakistan.

The size of a small tapir, it lived in a marshy environment and fed on soft aquatic plants. It is the largest known anthracobunid. This group was formerly classified with proboscideans.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Cooper, L. N.; Seiffert, E. R.; Clementz, M.; Madar, S. I.; Bajpai, S.; Hussain, S. T.; Thewissen, J. G. M. (2014-10-08). "Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan Are Stem Perissodactyls". PLoS ONE. 9 (10): e109232. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109232. PMC 4189980. PMID 25295875.

References

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  • Pilgrim, G. E. (1940). "Middle Eocene mammals from north-west Pakistan". Proceedings of the Zoological Society. B. London. 110: 127–152.
  • Sahni, A.; Kumar, K. (1980). "Lower Eocene Sirenia, Ishatherium subathuensis, gen. et sp. nov. from the type area, Subathu Formation, Subathu, Simla Himalayas, H. P." (PDF). Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 23&24: 132–5. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  • Wells, N.A.; Gingerich, P.D. (1983). "Review of Eocene Anthracobunidae (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with a new genus and species, Jozaria palustris, from the Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan)" (PDF). Contrib. Mus. Pal. Univ. Michigan. 26 (7): 117–139. OCLC 742731409.
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