Bothriodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = Late Eocene

| image = Ancodon_americanus_skull.jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| image_caption = Bothriodon americanus skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

| taxon = Bothriodon

| authority = Aymard, 1848

}}

Bothriodon (Greek: "pit" (botros), "teeth" (odontes){{cite web|url=https://research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/concepts/glossary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120123130/https://research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/concepts/glossary|archive-date=20 November 2021|title=Glossary. American Museum of Natural History}}) is an extinct genus of anthracotheriid artiodactyl from the late Eocene to early Oligocene of Asia, Europe, and North America. It was about the size of a large pig, reaching an estimated weight of more than 199 kg (439 lbs).{{cite journal |last1=Tsubamoto |first1=Takehisa |title=Additional specimens of the Anthracotheriidae (Mammalia; Artiodactyla) from the upper Eocene Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia |journal=Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin |date=2010 |volume=3 |pages=143–147 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Takehisa-Tsubamoto/publication/268346926}}

References

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Further reading

  • The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose
  • Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton

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Category:Anthracotheres

Category:Eocene Artiodactyla

Category:Eocene mammals of Asia

Category:Eocene mammals of Europe

Category:Eocene mammals of North America

Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera

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