Hsanotherium

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iHsanotherium
Fossil range: Middle Eocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Anthracobunidae
Genus: Hsanotherium
Ducrocq et al., 2000
Species
  • H. parvum Ducrocq et al., 2000

Hsanotherium is an extinct genus of an early proboscid from the Middle Eocene, discovered in 2000 in the Pondaung Formation, Myanmar.

It is the first anthracobunid to be discovered outside India and Pakistan and to date is the smallest member of the family.

[edit] References

  • DUCROCQ S.; AUNG NAING SOE; BO B.; BENAMMI M.; CHAIMANEE Y.; TUN T.; THEINE T.; JAEGER J.-J.; First record of an Anthracobunidae (Mammalia, ?Tethytheria) from the Eocene of the Pondaung Formation, Myanmar, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2. Sciences de la terre et des planètes (C. r. Acad. sci., Sér. 2, Sci. terre planet.), 2000, vol. 330, no10, pp. 725-730
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