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Andrewsarchus
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Andrewsarchus

Andrewsarchus mongoliensis

Era: PaleogeneDiet: UnknownPeriod: EoceneSize: 0.83m

Andrewsarchus (), meaning "Andrews' ruler", is an extinct genus of artiodactyl that lived during the Middle Eocene in what is now China. The genus was first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1924 with the type species A. mongoliensis based on a largely complete cranium. A second species, A