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	'''Libycosaurus''' was a small ] that appeared in the ] 81 million years ago. The carnivore was 1 foot high. It could have had lots of enimiesin it's period and in other periods in the Mezozic.
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			\| image_caption = Fossil of ''Libycosaurus petrocchii'' in the Museum of Geology and Paleontology of ]
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			* †''L. algeriensis''
			* †''L. anisae''
			* †''L. petrocchii''
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			'''''Libycosaurus''''' ("] of ]") was one of the last ] ]. It lived from the Middle to the Late ], and ranged throughout ] and ], and in ], in what was then a lush, marshy environment.
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Extinct genus of mammals

Libycosaurus Temporal range: Middle Miocene to Late Miocene

Fossil of Libycosaurus petrocchii in the Museum of Geology and Paleontology of Florence
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Anthracotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Bothriodontinae
Genus:	†Libycosaurus Bonnarelli, 1947
Species
†L. algeriensis †L. anisae †L. petrocchii

Libycosaurus ("Lizard of Libya") was one of the last anthracothere genera. It lived from the Middle to the Late Miocene, and ranged throughout Central and Northern Africa, and in Uganda, in what was then a lush, marshy environment.

References

Lihoreau F, Boisserie JR, Viriot L, et al. (June 2006). "Anthracothere dental anatomy reveals a late Miocene Chado-Libyan bioprovince". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103 (23): 8763–7. Bibcode:2006PNAS..103.8763L. doi:10.1073/pnas.0603126103. PMC 1482652. PMID 16723392.

Taxon identifiers
Libycosaurus	Wikidata: Q6542959 Wikispecies: Libycosaurus EoL: 4524352 GBIF: 4835383 IRMNG: 1391089 Open Tree of Life: 4944754 Paleobiology Database: 77365

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