Agnotherium
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.
| Agnotherium Temporal range: Late Miocene, 10.8 – 9.7 Ma | |
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| 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 | |
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Amphicyon agnotus Pomel, 1853 Agnocyon pomeli Kaup, 1861 | |
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