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ANTHRACOTHERIUM (” coal-animal,” so called from the fact of the remains first described having been obtained from the Tertiary lignite-beds of Europe)

ANTHRACOTHERIUM (” See also:
COAL
coal-See also:
ANIMAL
ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)
animal,” so called from the fact of the remains first described having been obtained from the See also:
TERTIARY
Tertiary See also:
LIGNITE (Lat. lignum, wood)
lignite-beds of See also:
EUROPE
Europe) , a genus of See also:

EXTINCT

extinct artiodactyle ungulate mammals, characterized by having 44 See also:

TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, with five semi-crescentic cusps on the crowns of the upper molars. In many respects, especially the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

JAW (Mid. Eng. jawe, jowe and geowe, O. Eng. cheowan, connected with " chaw " and " chew," and in form with " jowl ")

jaw, Anthracotherium, which is of Oligocene and See also:

MIOCENE

Miocene See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age in Europe, and typifies the See also:

FAMILY

family Anthracotheriidae, is allied to the See also:

HIPPOPOTAMUS (" river-horse," Gr. lames, horse and aoraµbs, river)

hippopotamus, of which it is probably an ancestral form. The See also:

EUROPEAN

European A. magnum was as large as the last-mentioned animal, but there were several smaller See also:

SPECIES

species and the genus also occurs in See also:

EGYPT

Egypt, See also:

India and See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America.

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