Amphirhagatherium

Amphirhagatherium Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene ~37–29  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Model of A. weigelti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Family:	† Choeropotamidae
Genus:	† Amphirhagatherium Depéret, 1908
Type species
†Amphirhagatherium 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 late Eocene to Early Oligocene. ^[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 that they were used for intraspecific combat. ^[1]

Distribution

Eocene

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

Oligocene

• Bembridge Marls, England

References

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): 827–853. Bibcode:2001Palgy..44..827H. doi: 10.1111/1475-4983.00203 .