Agnotherium

Agnotherium
Temporal range: 17–11 Ma

Early Miocene - Middle Miocene

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Agnotherium
Kaup (1932)
Species
  • A. antiquus
  • A. grivense
Range of Agnothrium by fossil distribution

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

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.

Species

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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