Propotamochoerus
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| Propotamochoerus | |
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| File:Propotamochoerus giganteus 1.JPG | |
| Propotamochoerus giganteus skull | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | Suinae |
| Genus: | †Propotamochoerus Pilgrim 1925 |
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Propotamochoerus is an extinct genus of pig-like animals that lived from Miocene to Pliocene of Algeria, India, Moldova, China, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Myanmar, Thailand, Tunisia and Pakistan.
Palaeoecology
P. palaeochoerus most likely preferred to inhabit woodland environments.[1]
References
- Propotamochoerus at fossilworks
- ↑ Iannucci, Alessio; Begun, David R. (April 2022). "Suidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Alsótelekes (Hungary)". Geobios. 71: 39–49. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2022.01.002. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.