Prominatherium
Prominatherium dalmatinum
Resurrected on:
5 jan. 2021
Genus information
Prominatherium is a genus of primitive ungulate that belonged to the Anthracotheriidae family. It lived during the Eocene epoch of Europe and was probably bound to aquatic habitats, like swamps and shores of rivers and lakes. They probably had a semi-aquatic lifestyle and fed on aquatic vegetation and roots. In life, it would have resembled a small hippopotamus-like animal with a narrow skull and pig-like features.
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Anthracotheriidae
Europe
Eocene
Species information
Prominatherium dalmatinum is the only species within its genus and fossils have been found in Croatia and Italy. It was a fairly small sized anthracothere, growing up to about 1 m in length and weighted about 150 kg. The species is poorly known and only some scattered parts of its skeleton have been unearthed so far.
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Prominatherium dalmatinum
Von Meyer, 1854
Europe
Eocene
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1.0 m
40 cm
150 kg
Reference:
Grandi, F., & Bona, F. (2017). Prominatherium dalmatinum from the late Eocene of Grancona (Vicenza, NE Italy). The oldest terrestrial mammal of the Italian peninsula. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 16(7), 738-745.
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