Arretotherium
Arretotherium acridens
Resurrected on:
10 jan. 2021
Genus information
Arretotherium is a genus of primitive ungulate and belonged to the family of Anthracotheriidae. It lived during the Oligocene and Miocene epoch of North America. It life, if would have resembled a small hippopotamus-like animal with a narrow head and pig-like features. The species was probably bound to aquatic habitats, like swamps, and probably foraged on roots and aquatic vegetation.
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Anthracotheriidae
North America
Oligocene to Miocene
Species information
Fossils of Arretotherium acridens have been found in the USA, but the genus is only known from incomplete fossils. It differed from other Anthracotheres by its rather short muzzle and more robust lower jaw. Arretotherium was a fairly small species, reaching about 90 cm in length and weighted about 120 kg.
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Arretotherium acridens
Douglass, 1902
North America
Oligocene to Miocene
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90 cm
40 cm
120 kg
Reference:
E. Douglass. 1902. Fossil Mammalia of the White River beds of Montana. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 20:237-279
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