Anthracobune

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Anthracobune Fossil range: Middle Eocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Family: Anthracobunidae Genus: Anthracobune Pilgrim, 1940
Species
A. pinfoldi Pilgrim, 1940

Anthracobune is an extinct genus of an early proboscid from the Middle Eocene of the Upper Kuldana Formation of Kohat, Punjab Province, Pakistan.

The size of a small tapir, it lived in a marshy environment and fed on soft aquatic plants. It is the largest known Anthracobunid.

[edit] References

• N.A. Wells and P.D. Gingerich. 1983. Review of Eocene Anthracobunidae (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with a new genus and species, Jozaria palustris, from the Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan). Contrib. Mus. Pal. Univ. Michigan 26(7): 117-139.
• G. E. Pilgrim, 1940. Middle Eocene mammals from north-west Pakistan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, Series B, 110: 127-152.