Libycosaurus
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| Libycosaurus Temporal range: Middle Miocene to Late Miocene
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| File:Merycopotamus petrocchii.JPG | |
| Fossil of Libycosaurus petrocchii in the Museum of Geology and Paleontology of Florence | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Anthracotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Bothriodontinae |
| Genus: | †Libycosaurus Bonnarelli, 1947 |
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Libycosaurus ("Lizard of Libya") was one of the last anthracothere genera. It lived from the Middle to the Late Miocene, and ranged throughout Central and Northern Africa, and in Uganda, in what was then a lush, marshy environment. [1]
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