Cebochoerus

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Cebochoerus
Temporal range: Eocene
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Teeth
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Life Restoration
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cebochoeridae
Genus: Cebochoerus
Gervais, 1852
Species

C. fontensisSudre, 1978

Cebochoerus is an extinct basal artiodactyl genus belonging to the family Cebochoeridae in the superfamily Dichobunoidea. [1] It occurred in Europe during the Early to Late Eocene. [2]

References

  1. J.-R. Boisserie; F. Lihoreau & M. Brunet (2005). "The position of Hippopotamidae within Cetartiodactyla". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 102 (5): 1537–1541. Bibcode:2005PNAS..102.1537B. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409518102 . PMC   547867 . PMID   15677331. As cited in John Alroy (2007). "J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2005". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 3 Jun 2012.
  2. McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN   978-0-231-11013-6.