''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.]
References
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Oligocene mammals of Asia
Anthracotheres
Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera