Paenanthracotherium is an extinct genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe and Asia during the Oligocene epoch.
Taxonomy The type species of the genus is Paenanthracotherium bergeri. The species "Anthracotherium" hippoideum and "Brachyodus" strategus have been reassigned to this genus based on similarities with P. bergeri.Laureline Scherler; Fabrice Lihoreau; Damien Becker (2018). "To split or not to split Anthracotherium? A phylogeny of Anthracotheriinae (Cetartiodactyla: Hippopotamoidea) and its palaeobiogeographical implications". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Online edition. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly052.
Distribution Fossils of Paenanthracotherium are known from France, Germany, Pakistan, Romania, and Switzerland.
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology The microanatomy of its long bones suggests that P. bergeri was fully terrestrial.
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