Libycosaurus

Libycosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Libycosaurus"
fossil_range = Middle Miocene to Late Miocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = †Anthracotheriidae
subfamilia = †Bothriodontinae
genus = †"Libycosaurus"
genus_authority = Bonnarelli, 1947
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* †"L. algeriensis"
* †"L. anisae"
* †"L. petrocchii"

"Libycosaurus" ("Lizard of Libya") was one of the last anthracothere genera. It lived from the Middle to the Late Miocene, and ranged throughout Central and Northern Africa, and in Uganda, in what was then a lush, marshy environment.

External links

* [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/103/23/8763 Fabrice Lihoreau et al, "Anthracothere dental anatomy reveals a late Miocene Chado-Libyan bioprovince". PNAS vol. 103 (June 6, 2006)]


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