Duerotherium
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Duerotherium is an extinct genus
of anoplotheriine artiodactyl which existed in Iberian Peninsula
during the middle Eocene
. It was first named by Miguel-Ángel Cuesta and Ainara Badiola in 2009 and the type species is Duerotherium sudrei.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of anoplotheriine artiodactyl which existed in Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
during the middle Eocene
Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
. It was first named by Miguel-Ángel Cuesta and Ainara Badiola in 2009 and the type species is Duerotherium sudrei.