Propotamochoerus

Propotamochoerus
Temporal range: Miocene to Pliocene 11.608-3.6 mya
Propotamochoerus giganteus skull
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Suinae
Genus: †
Pilgrim 1925
Species
  • P. aegaeus Lazaridis, Tsoukala & Kostopoulos, 2022
  • P. devauxi
  • P. hysudricus

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

  1. ^ Iannucci, Alessio; Begun, David R. (April 2022). "Suidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Alsótelekes (Hungary)". Geobios. 71: 39–49. Bibcode:2022Geobi..71...39I. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2022.01.002. hdl:11573/1617424. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.


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