Anoplotherium
| Anoplotherium Temporal range: late Eocene | |
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| Anoplotherium commune skull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Anoplotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Anoplotherium Cuvier, 1804 |
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†A. latipes Gervais, 1852 | |
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Skeletal restoration
Anoplotherium commune fossil, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris
Anoplotherium is an extinct genus of ungulates which lived from the Late Eocene to the earliest Oligocene. It was first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris.[1]
This animal probably weighed about 80 kg, a weight comparable to that of the living llama.
References
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