Libycochoerus
Extinct genus of pig-like animals
Libycochoerus Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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.
- Libycochoerus in the Paleobiology Database
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Clade: Artiofabula
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