anthracotheren.
/anˈθrakə(ʊ)ˌθɪə/, /ˈanθrəkə(ʊ)ˌθɪə/, U.S. /ænˈθrækəˌθɪ(ə)r/, /ˈænθrəkəˌθɪ(ə)r/, /ˈænθrəkoʊˌθɪ(ə)r/ Palaeontology.
An extinct artiodactyl ungulate mammal of the group including Anthracotherium (see anthracotherium n.), found in Eurasia, Africa, and North America during the Tertiary period, and thought to be related to hippotamuses and possibly to the ancestors of whales.
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legh1774
thylacothere1838
anthracothere1848
anchithere1868
amblypod1877
Bramathere1879
multituberculate1888
promammal1889
tillodont1889
tinoceratid1895
uintathere1898
arsinoitherium1902
symmetrodont1933
synapsid1956
1848 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 4 i. 112 Their distinctive characters will be best brought out by comparing the specimens from the Isle of Wight with the..typical Anthracothere from Auvergne.
1856 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xvii. 223 The anthracothere..stands intermediate between the river-hog and hippopotamus.
1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) 288 The most characteristic family are the Anthracotheres (bunoselenodonts related to the hippopotamus).
2005 J. M. Theodor et al. in K. D. Rose & J. D. Archibald Rise Placental Mammals xiv. 224/1 Anthracotheres were large animals, with a piglike body morphology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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