Bothriogenys

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Bothriogenys
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Arsinoitherium (top) and Bothriogenys fraasi (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Anthracotheriidae
Subfamily: †Bothriodontinae
Genus: †Bothriogenys
Schmidt, 1913
Species
  • †B. fraasi Schmidt, 1913
  • †B. andrewsi Schmidt, 1913
  • †B. parvus (Andrews, 1906)
  • †B. gorringei (Andrews & Beadnell, 1902)
  • †B. rugulosus Schmidt, 1913
  • †B. africanus (Andrews, 1899)

Bothriogenys was a genus of anthracotheres that lived in Eastern Africa during the early Oligocene. Most fossils have been found in Fayum, Egypt.

In life, they would have resembled hippopotamuses with small, elongated heads.


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