Agnotherium


Agnotherium is an extinct genus of large terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae, and which inhabited Europe and North Africa in the Middle Miocene subepoch 16.9—11.6 Mya, existing for approximately.
Agnotherium was originally assigned to Thaumastocyonini by Ginsburg in 1977 and to Amphicyonidae by Carroll in 1988.

Fossil distribution

The first specimen was located in strata zone MN 4 in Alsace, France Other locations were: En Pejouan, Midi-Pyrenees Region; Pontigne. Another specimen was discovered in Bèni Mellal, Morocco.