Cainotherium

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Lithograph from 1896

Cainotherium
Temporal range: Eocene–Early Miocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Cainotheriidae
Genus: †Cainotherium
Bravard, 1828
Type species
†Microtherium renggeri[1]
von Meyer 1837
Species
  • C. renggeri (von Meyer, 1837)
  • C. laticurvatum Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1833
  • C. commune Bravard, 1835
  • C. miocaenicum Crusafont-Pairó et al., 1955
  • C. bavaricum Berger, 1959
  • C. lintillae Baudelot & Grouzel, 1974
  • C. huerzeleri Heizmann, 1983
Synonyms
  • Caenotherium Agassiz 1846
  • Crinotherium Filhol 1882
  • Microtherium renggeri von Meyer, 1837
  • C. minimum Bravard 1835
  • Caenotherium elegans Pomel 1846 (syn. of C. laticurvatum)
  • C. metopias Pomel 1851
  • C. laticurvatum ligericum Ginsburg et al. 1985

Cainotherium is an

auditory bulla and shape of the brain suggest that it would have had good senses of hearing and smell.[4][5]

References
  1. ISBN 9781843271154
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  2. ISBN 978-0-8018-8735-2
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  3. ISBN 978-0-8018-8735-2
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  4. ISBN 0-8160-1194-X
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  5. ISBN 1-84028-152-9
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