A. antiquum reconstruction, Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Family:
†Amphicyonidae
Subfamily:
†Thaumastocyoninae
Genus:
†Agnotherium Kaup, 1833
Type species
†Agnotherium antiquum
Kaup, 1833
Synonyms
Amphicyon agnotus
Pomel, 1853
Agnocyon pomeli
Kaup, 1861
Agnotherium is a genus of large sized carnivoran mammals, belonging to the Amphicyonidae ("bear dogs"), which has been found in Western Europe, and possibly China and Northern Africa, and lived during the Late Miocene epoch. Despite only being known from fragmentary remains, the genus notable for hypercarnivorous adaptions, which have been said to represent the "apex" among its family.[1]
^Morlo M, Bastl K, Habersetzer J, Engel T, Lischewsky B, Lutz H, von Berg A, Rabenstein R, Nagel D. 2020. The apex of amphicyonid hypercarnivory: solving the riddle of Agnotherium antiquum Kaup, 1833 (Mammalia, Carnivora). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(5):e1705848 DOI 10.1080/02724634.2019.1705848.
Agnotherium is a genus of large sized carnivoran mammals, belonging to the Amphicyonidae ("bear dogs"), which has been found in Western Europe, and possibly...
actually be synonymous with a species of Amphicyon. Fossils of juvenile Agnotherium, Ischyrocyon, and Magericyon all show an unusual type of tooth eruption...
m3, found at the locality Oued Mya in Algeria. In 2005, the species Agnotherium kiptalami was described based on a snout broken off behind the second...
larger than an African Lion, originally considered to belong to the genus Agnotherium Percrocuta P. tobieni Member B Member D Member E a left mandible fragment...
2020. The apex of amphicyonid hypercarnivory: solving the riddle of Agnotherium antiquum Kaup, 1833 (Mammalia, Carnivora). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology...
65 million years. It was originally erected to include only the genus Agnotherium, and is no longer used. L. Ginsburg. 1977. Les carnivores du Miocene...
the early hyenas Ictitherium and Hyaenictis, and the large bear-dog Agnotherium. In the neighbouring Aït Kandoula Basin, Parapliohyrax sp. is reported...
Basalttuff-Konglomerat zu Glimbach an der Rabenau; angebliches Vorkommen von Agnotherium antiquum und Hyaena spelaea; fossile Reste im lithographischen Schiefer...
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