Namachoerus
Appearance
Namachoerus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | †Listriodontinae |
Tribe: | †Namachoerini |
Genus: | †Namachoerus Pickford, 1995 |
Species: | †N. moruoroti
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Binomial name | |
†Namachoerus moruoroti Wilkinson, 1976
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Synonyms | |
Lopholistriodon moruoroti |
Namachoerus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene of Africa.[1][2]
One species, Namachoerus moruoroti was formerly placed in the genus Lopholistriodon.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Namachoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Donald R. Prothero, Donald R. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780801887352.