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Paenanthracotherium fossil map

Where fossils of Paenanthracotherium have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 30 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 30 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Paenanthracotherium
Image: SeismicShrimp, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived33.9–15.98 million years ago (Rupelian to Burdigalian)
PeriodsPaleogene, Neogene
FamilyAnthracotheriidae
Named byScherler et al. 2019
Fossil records38 occurrences at 19 locations (PBDB)
Found inFrance, Switzerland, Romania, Germany, Pakistan
Rock formationstxn:42443

About Paenanthracotherium

Paenanthracotherium is an extinct genus of anthracothere that lived in Europe and Asia during the Oligocene epoch.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Paenanthracotherium (revision 1350069709), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q60790508.

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