Caenotherium, AGASSIZ, 1846

Blondel, Cecile, 2005, New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (2), pp. 145-166 : 163

(= CAENOTHERIUM AGASSIZ, 1846 )

Type species: Cainotherium commune Bravard, 1835 .

Diagnosis: The upper molars are quadrangular. Small diastemata between C and P1/ and between P/1 and P/2 are variably present. P2/, P/2 and P/3 are elongate. P2/ lacks a lingual cusp. The premaxilla reaches the frontal. The nasal is long, narrow and rectangular. Presence of a depression over the nose root. A long narrow crescent-shaped ethmoidal slit variably present. The opening of choanae is narrow or large. Presence or absence of a canalis alaris. The mandible is long and thin ( Berger, 1959: 39).