''Amphirhagatherium'' is an extinct

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artiodactyl The even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla , ) are ungulates—hoofed animals—which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes: the third and fourth. The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing poster ...

that lived in northern Europe during the middle to late

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. The dentition of ''Amphirhagatherium'' suggests that the genus had a mixed diet of leaves and fruits likely eaten at ground level. Caniniform anterior teeth suggest that there may have been a small carnivorous dietary component, or were used for intraspecific combat.

Distribution

;Eocene *

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, Upper Headon Beds and Bembridge Marls Formations, England *

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and Chéry-Chartreuve, France * Frohnstetten, Germany ;Oligocene * Bembridge Marls, England

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q474950 Eocene mammals of Europe Oligocene mammals of Europe Paleogene England Fossils of England Paleogene France Fossils of France Paleogene Germany Fossils of Germany Fossil taxa described in 1908 Taxa named by Charles Depéret Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera