Garobunodon

{{More citations needed|date=April 2026}} {{Short description|Genus of extinct mammal}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Middle to Late Miocene, ~{{fossilrange|12|9.5}} | image = Anthracotherium silistrense material by Pentland.jpg | image_caption = ''Garobunodon silistrensis'' fossil material collected by Pentland. | taxon = Garobunodon | authority = Pickford, 2026 | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''"Anthracotherium" silistrensis''''' | type_species_authority = (Pentland, 1828) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Garobunodon silistrensis'' {{small|(Pentland, 1828)}} *''Garobunodon punjabiensis'' {{small|(Lydekker, 1877)}} *''Garobunodon exiguus'' {{small|(Forster-Cooper, 1924)}} | synonyms = *''Anthracotherium punjabiense'' {{small|Lydekker, 1877}} *''Anthracotherium mus'' {{small|Pilgrim, 1908}} *''Microselenodon silistrensis'' {{small|Pilgrim, 1912}} *''Microselenodon mus'' {{small|Pilgrim, 1912}} *''Microbunodon mus'' {{small|Pilgrim, 1913}} *''Anthracotherium exiguum'' {{small|Forster-Cooper, 1984}} *''Microbunodon silistrensis'' {{small|Lihoreau et al. 2004}} *''Microbunodon milaensis'' {{small|Lihoreau et al. 2004}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Pickford26" /> }}

'''''Garobunodon''''' ({{lit|Garo Hills mound tooth}}) is an extinct genus of anthracothere that lived during Middle to Late Miocene in what is now India and Pakistan. It is known from several mandibular remains. There are three known species within the genus, with the type species being ''Garobunodon silistrensis'', which was originally described as a species of ''Anthracotherium'' in 1828, before being moved to its own genus by Martin Pickford in 2026.<ref name="Pentland">{{Cite journal|last1=Pentland |first1=J. B. |date=1828 |title=Description of Fossil Remains of some Animals from the North-East Border of Bengal. |journal=Transactions of the Geological Society of London Series 2 |volume=2 |pages=393–394 |doi=10.1144/transgslb.2.3.393 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36240358 }}</ref><ref name="Pickford26">{{Cite journal|last1=Pickford |first1=M. |date=April 2026 |title=Revision of small Bunodont Anthracotheres (Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae, Microbunodontinae) from Indo-Pakistan, and Reassessment of the Age of the Caribari Deposits, Garo Hills, Bengal |journal=Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A: Geologie und Paläontologie |volume=56 |pages=1–40 |isbn=978-3-89937-313-4 }}</ref>

== Discovery & Naming ==

=== ''Garobunodon silistrensis'' === The first fossils, which includes a molar and an partial dentary, were reported by J. B. Pentland in 1828 from Caribari in the small state of Cooch Behar of North-Eastern border Bengal near the banks of Brahmaputra. He also collected several mammal bones, including several ruminants fossils, which can be allied with the order Pachydermata and the genus ''Moschus'', and a molar that can be referred to ''Viverra''. He described the remains as a new species of ''Anthracotherium'', ''Anthracotherium silistrense'', where the specific name, ''silistrense'',is derived from one of the many name of the river Brahmaputra, which was used by ancient geographers.<ref name="Pentland" />

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{{Taxonbar|from=Q134431}} Category:Miocene Artiodactyla Category:Cenozoic mammals of Asia Category:Miocene mammals of Asia Category:Miocene genus first appearances Category:Miocene extinctions Category:Fossil taxa described in 2026 Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera Category:Taxa named by Martin Pickford Category:Anthracotheres