Merycopotamus

Meh-re-ko-pot-ah-mus.
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Name

Merycopotamus.

Phonetic

Meh-re-ko-pot-ah-mus.

Named By

Falconer‭ & ‬Cautley‭ ‬-‭ ‬1847.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Artiodactyla,‭ ‬Anthracotheriidae,‭ ‬Bothriodontinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

M.‭ ‬dissimilis‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Pakistan.‭ ‬Thailand.‭ ‬Tunisia.

Time Period

Mid Miocene through to the end of the Pliocene.

Fossil representation

Partial remains of several individuals.

In Depth

       Merycopotamus is a genus of anthracothere mammal that lived in both Africa and Asia during from the Miocene to Pliocene periods.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A New Species of Bothriodontinae,‭ ‬Merycopotamus thachangensis‭ (‬Cetartiodactyla,‭ ‬Anthracotheriidae‭) ‬from the Late Miocene of Nakhon Ratchasima,‭ ‬Northeastern Thailand.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬28‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬1182‭–‬1188.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Hanta,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Ratanasthien,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Kunimatsu,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Saegusa,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Nakaya,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Nagaoka‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Jintasakul‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008. -‭ ‬Anatomical revision of the genus Merycopotamus‭ (‬Artiodactyla‭; ‬Anthracotheriidae‭)‬:‭ ‬its significance for late Miocene mammal dispersal in Asia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontology‭ ‬50‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬503‭–‬524.‭ ‬-‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Lihoreau,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Barry,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Blondel,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Chiamanee,‭ ‬J.-J.‭ ‬Jaeger‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Brunet‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007. – A New Species of Bothriodontinae, Merycopotamus thachangensis (Cetartiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Nakhon Ratchasima, Northeastern Thailand. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1182–1188. – R. Hanta, B. Ratanasthien, Y Kunimatsu, H. Saegusa, H Nakaya, S. Nagaoka & S. Jintasakul – 2008.

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