Agnotherium
Name:
Agnotherium.
Phonetic: Ag-noe-fee-ree-um.
Named By: Kaup - 1932.
Synonyms: Amphicyon agnotus, Agnocyon
pomeli.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora,
Caniformia, Amphicyonidae, Amphicyoninae.
Species: A. antiquum (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: France, Morocco.
Time period: Late Burdigalian to the Serravallian of
the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Few specimens.
One of the early/mid Miocene era bear dogs, Agnotherium was first discovered in France, but later discoveries from Morocco revealed that Agnotherium ranged across Western Europe and the Eastern portion of North Africa at the very least. Agnotherium may have been replaced by the nearby Afrocyon which appears after Agnotherium disappeared.
Further reading
- The apex of amphicyonid hypercarnivory: solving the riddle of
Agnotherium antiquum Kaup, 1833 (Mammalia, Carnivora). - Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 39(5). - M. Morlo, K. Bastl , J. Habersetzer,
T. Engel, B. Lischewsky, H. Lutz, A. von Berg, R. Rabenstein &
D. Nagel - 2020.
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