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''Bugtitherium'' is an extinct genus of
anthracothere Anthracotheriidae is a paraphyletic family of extinct, hippopotamus-like artiodactyl ungulates related to hippopotamuses and whales. The oldest genus, '' Elomeryx'', first appeared during the middle Eocene in Asia. They thrived in Africa a ...
found in late Oligocene (
Chattian The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale, the younger of two ages or upper of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between . The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage ...
) deposits in the Bugti Hills of Baluchistan, Pakistan. Incisor teeth that Pilgrim (1908) referred to ''Bugtitherium'' were recognized as instead belonging to the giant paraceratheriid '' Paraceratherium''.Cooper, C. F. (1924). "On the Skull and Dentition of Paraceratherium bugtiense: A Genus of Aberrant Rhinoceroses from the Lower Miocene Deposits of Dera Bugti". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 212 (391–401): 369–394. doi:10.1098/rstb.1924.0009.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q55606097 Oligocene mammals of Asia Anthracotheres Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera