Agnotherium

Agnotherium is an extinct genus of large terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Europe and North Africa in the Middle Miocene subepoch 16.9—11.6 Mya, existing for approximately 5.3 million years.[1]

Agnotherium
Temporal range: 16.9–11.6 Ma
Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Amphicyonidae
Genus: †Agnotherium
Kaup, 1833
Species
  • †A. antiquum Kaup, 1833
Range of Agnothrium by fossil distribution

Agnotherium was originally assigned to Thaumastocyonini by Ginsburg in 1977 and to Amphicyonidae by Carroll in 1988.[2]

Fossil distribution

The first specimen was located in strata zone MN 4 in Alsace, France Other locations were: En Pejouan, Midi-Pyrenees Region; Pontigne. Another specimen was discovered in Bèni Mellal, Morocco.

Sources
  1. Paleobiology Database: Agnotherium, age range and collections
  2. L. Ginsburg. 1977. Les carnivores du Miocene de Beni Mellal (Maroc). Geologie Mediterraneene


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