Species Classification: ‭ ‬Bothriodontinae.

In Depth        Merycopotamus is a genus of anthracothere mammal that lived in both Africa and Asia during from the Miocene to Pliocene periods. Further Reading -‭ ‬A New Species of Bothriodontinae,‭ ‬Merycopotamus thachangensis‭ (‬Cetartiodactyla,‭ ‬Anthracotheriidae‭) ‬from the Late Miocene of Nakhon Ratchasima,‭ ‬Northeastern Thailand.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬28‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬1182‭–‬1188.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Hanta,‭ … Read more

In Depth        The name Libycosaurus is definitely a misnomer to be sure.‭ ‬When Libycosaurus was first named by Bonarelli in‭ ‬1947‭ ‬the partial fossil remains were thought to be those of a dinosaur.‭ ‬It was only later that it was realised that Libycosaurus was actually a kind of prehistoric relative of hippopotamuses.‭ ‬At the time … Read more