Amphirhagatherium

Amphirhagatherium; Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene; ~
	Model of A. weigelti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Choeropotamidae
Genus:	Amphirhagatherium; Depéret, 1908
Type species
	†A. 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 middle to late Eocene.[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 were used for intraspecific combat.[1]

Distribution

Eocene

Creechbarrow Limestone, Upper Headon Beds and Bembridge Marls Formations, England
Rocourt-Saint-Martin and Chéry-Chartreuve, France
Frohnstetten, Germany

Oligocene

Bembridge Marls, England

References

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.

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[Hooker-1] 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.