Bugtitherium
Extinct genus of artiodactyls
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Bugtitherium is an extinct genus of anthracothere found in late Oligocene (Chattian) deposits in the Bugti Hills of Balochistan, Pakistan.[1][2]
| Bugtitherium Temporal range: Oligocene, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Anthracotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Bugtitherium Pilgrim, 1908 |
| Species: | †B. grandincisivum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bugtitherium grandincisivum Pilgrim, 1908 | |
Incisor teeth that Pilgrim (1908) referred to Bugtitherium were recognized as instead belonging to the giant paraceratheriid Paraceratherium.[3]