Hsanotherium
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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.
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- 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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