Eocene-epoch mammal
Anthracobune ("coal mound ") is an extinct genus of stem perissodactyl from the middle Eocene of the Upper Kuldana Formation of Kohat , Punjab , Pakistan .[ 2]
The size of a small tapir , it lived in a marshy environment and fed on soft aquatic plants. It is the largest-known anthracobunid . This group was formerly classified with proboscideans .
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