Propotamochoerus
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| Propotamochoerus | |
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| Propotamochoerus giganteus skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit]P. palaeochoerus most likely preferred to inhabit woodland environments.[1]
References
[edit]- Propotamochoerus at fossilworks
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- ^ 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.