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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the Anthracotheriinæ and Anthracotheriidæ (which see): so called from having been found in the Miocene anthracite or lignite of Tuscany.
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A considerable number are pachydermata, {127} of a character approximating to the South American tapir: the names, palaeotherium, anthracotherium, anoplotherium, lophiodon, &c., have been applied to them with a consideration of more or less conspicuous peculiarities; but a description of the first may give some general idea of the whole.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Robert Chambers 1836
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