Aureliachoerus

Aureliachoerus Temporal range: 16.9–12.75  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil of Aureliachoerus aurelianensis (labeled as Palaeochoerus ) at the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Subfamily:	† Hyotheriinae
Genus:	† Aureliachoerus Ginsburg, 1974
Type species
†Aureliachoerus aurelianensis Stehlin, 1899
Species
A. aurelianensis A. minus

Aureliachoerus was an extinct genus of suids that existed during the Miocene in Europe. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The species Aureliachoerus aurelianensis was originally considered a species of Palaeochoerus . The second species, A. minus was smaller than A. aurelianensis and had less complex molars. ^[4]

References

1. "Fossilworks: Aureliachoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. "Aureliachoerus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
3. "Palaeochoerinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
4. van der Made, J.; Morales, J. (1992). "901-914 Aureliachoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from Agreda and other Miocene localities of Spain". Geobios. 32 (6): 901–914. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(99)80872-9.