| Libycosaurus Temporal range:Middle Miocene toLate Miocene | |
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| Fossil ofLibycosaurus petrocchii in the Museum of Geology and Paleontology ofFlorence | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Anthracotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Bothriodontinae |
| Genus: | †Libycosaurus Bonnarelli, 1947 |
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Libycosaurus ("Lizard ofLibya") was one of the lastanthracotheregenera. It lived from the Middle to the LateMiocene, and ranged throughoutCentral andNorthern Africa, and inUganda, in what was then a lush, marshy environment.[1]
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