Elliottherium Scherler 2011 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Full reference: L. Scherler. 2011. Terrestrial paleoecosystems of large mammals (Tapiridae, Anthracotheriidae, Suoidea) from the Early Oligocene to the Early Miocene in the Swiss Molasse Basin: biostratigraphy, biogeochemistry, paleobiogeography and paleoecology. Unpublished D. Phil. Thesis

Parent taxon: Anthracotheriidae according to L. Scherler 2011

Sister taxa: Aepinacodon, Afromeryx, Ancodon, Anthracochoerus, Anthracosenex, Anthracotheriinae, Arretotherium, Atopotherium, Bothriodontinae, Bugtitherium, Bunobrachyodus, Choeromeryx, Elotherium, Gonotelma, Hemimeryx, Heothema, Huananothema, Kukusepasutanka, Masritherium, Merycops, Microbunodontinae, Pachychoerops, Parabrachyodus, Probrachyodus, Qatraniodon, Sivameryx, Telmatodon, Ulausuodon

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Elliottherium in the database

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