Bothriodon

Bothriodon
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Bothriodon americanus skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:†Anthracotheriidae
Genus:†Bothriodon

Bothriodon is an extinct genus of anthracotheriid artiodactyl from the late Eocene to early Oligocene of Asia, Europe, and North America. It was about the size of a large pig, reaching an estimated weight of more than 199 kg (439 lbs).[1]

Sources

  1. ↑ http://www.hayashibaramuseum.jp/report/pdf/HMNSRB_v3_p143-147.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  • The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose
  • Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton


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