Pakistan Stratigraphy

Fossil group

Anthracotherium sp.

Mammals · Eocene – Miocene

An extinct, semi-aquatic, hippo-like hoofed mammal (an artiodactyl) of Palaeogene–Neogene wetlands.

A broad fossil group rather than a single taxon — the units below record it among their fauna or flora.

Fossil group

Mammals

Scientific classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Anthracotheriidae
Genus	Anthracotherium

Age range: Eocene – Miocene; 56–5.333 Ma; Established range worldwide.
In Pakistan’s record: Neogene; Across 1 unit in this dataset.

Classification shown to the level well established for this group.

Recorded in these units

1

Kamlial Formation Middle to Late Miocene (Burdigalian-Tortonian; ~18.2-9.4 Ma) Cenozoic

Found alongside

8

Other fossils recorded in the same units.

Amphicyon cf. shahbazi Conohyus cf. sindiensis Dinotherium indicum Hemimeryx blanfordi Hyaenaelurus lahirii Listriodon cf. guptai Listriodon pentapotomiae Trilophodon cf. angustidens

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