Anthracokeryx

Anthracokeryx
Tooth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Ancodonta
Superfamily:	Hippopotamoidea
Family:	† Anthracotheriidae
Genus:	† Anthracokeryx

Anthracokeryx is a genus of extinct artiodactyl ungulate mammal belonging to Anthracotheriidae that lived in Asia during the middle to late Eocene.

Taxonomy

Anthracokeryx was treated as a junior synonym of Anthracotherium by Tsubamoto et al. (2002) based on similarities in dental morphology. ^[1] However, other authors have rejected the synonymy and recognized Anthracokeryx as a distinct form in the subfamily Microbunodontinae. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Distribution

Fossils of Anthracokeryx are known from China, Myanmar, and Vietnam. ^[1]

References

1. Tsubamoto T, Takai M, Egi N, Shigehara N, Tun ST, Aung AK, Soe Aung Naing, Thein T. 2002. The Anthracotheriidae (Mammalia; Artiodactyla) from the Eocene Pondaung Formation (Myanmar) and comments on some other anthracotheres from the Eocene of Asia. Paleontological Research. 6:363–384.
2. Lihoreau, Fabrice & Ducrocq, Stéphane. (2007). Family Anthracotheriidae. In: Prothero DR, Foss SE, editors. The evolution of artiodactyls. Baltimore(MD): The Johns Hopkins University Press; p. 89–105.
3. Stéphane Ducrocq; Mouloud Benammi; Olivier Chavasseau; Yaowalak Chaimanee; Kantapon Suraprasit; Phan dong Pha; Vu le Phuong; Phung van Phach; Jean-jacques Jaeger (28 Apr 2015). "New anthracotheres (Cetartiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of northeastern Vietnam: biochronological implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 35 (3) e929139. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E9139D. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.929139.
4. Averianov, Alexander; Obraztsova, Ekaterina; Danilov, Igor; Jin, Jianhua (29 Dec 2017). "Anthracotheriid artiodactyl Anthracokeryx and an upper Eocene age for the Youganwo Formation of southern China". Historical Biology . 31 (9): 1115–1122. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1421639.