Elomeryx is an extinct mammalian genus from the extinct Anthracoterium family of artiodactyls . This is one of the oldest known anthracothera. The genus was very widespread, its oldest representatives were found in Asia in the layers of the middle Eocene , in Europe in the layers of the Late Eocene, and by the beginning of the Oligocene, Elomeryx had spread to North America [1] .
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 Elomeryx armatus , reconstruction | ||||||||||||
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Elomeryx's body length was about 1.5 meters. They had elongated heads, a bit like a horse's. They had small fangs that they could use for rooting, and spoon-shaped incisors suitable for feeding aquatic plants. They had five toes on their hind legs and four on their front legs. It turned out wide feet to walk on soft mud. Apparently, their lifestyle was similar to the lifestyle of modern hippos [2] .
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- † Elomeryx armatus
- † Elomeryx borbonicus
- † Elomeryx cluai
- † Elomeryx crispus
- † Elomeryx garbanii
Notes
- ↑ Ducrocq, S. & F. Lihoreau. The occurrence of bothriodontines (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) in the Paleogene of Asia with special reference to Elomeryx : Paleobiogeographical implications (English) // Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: journal. - 2006. - Vol. 27 , no. 6 . - P. 885-891 . - DOI : 10.1016 / j.jseaes.2005.09.004 . - .
- ↑ The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals / Palmer, D .. - London: Marshall Editions, 1999. - P. 268. - ISBN 1-84028-152-9 .