Libycochoerus
Libycochoerus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Tribe: | †Kubanochoerini |
Genus: | †Libycochoerus Arambourg, 1961 |
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Libycochoerus is an extinct genus of large and long-legged animals in the pig family from the Miocene of Africa.
Taxonomy[]
Libycochoerus was at one point sunk as a junior synonym of Kubanochoerus but is now considered a distinct genus. All species of this species have very robust teeth that are mesiodistally long, but also stout canines and simple molars.[1]
References[]
- ^ Bishop LC (2010) Suoidea. In: Werdelin L, Sanders WJ, editors. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 821–842.
Categories:
- Prehistoric Suidae
- Miocene mammals of Africa
- Miocene even-toed ungulates
- Fossil taxa described in 1961
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs