Anthracotherium

Anthracotherium
Temporal range: Middle Eocene to ?Early Miocene
Anthracotherium magnum skull and jaws
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Family: †Anthracotheriidae
Subfamily: †Anthracotheriinae
Genus: †Anthracotherium
G. Cuvier, 1822
Species
  • †A. magnum Cuvier, 1822 (type)
  • †A. chaimanei Ducrocq, 1999
  • †A. monsvialense de Zigno, 1888
  • †A. bumbachense Stehlin, 1910
  • †A. meneghinii
  • †A. kwablianicum Gabounia, 1964

Anthracotherium, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax), meaning "coal", and θηρίον (theríon), meaning "beast", is an extinct genus of artiodactyls characterized by having 44 teeth, with five semi-crescentic cusps on the crowns of the upper molars. The genus ranged from the middle Eocene period until the early Miocene, having a distribution throughout Eurasia probably even reaching South East Asia (Kalimantan and West Timor). Material subjectively assigned to Anthracotherium from Pakistan suggests the last species died out soon after the start of the Miocene.

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