Conohyus

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Conohyus
Temporal range: 13.65–9.7  Ma
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A Conohyus mandible
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Tetraconodontinae
Genus: Conohyus
Pilgrim, 1926
Species
  • C. doati (Lartet, 1851)
  • C. simorrensis (Lartet, 1851) (type)

Conohyus was an extinct genus of suid that existed during the Miocene in Europe and in Asia. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Conohyus sindiensis was reassigned to the genus Retroporcus by Pickford and Laurent (2014). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 M. Pickford; Y. Laurent (2014). "Valorisation of palaeontological collections: nomination of a lectotype for Conohyus simorrensis (Lartet, 1851), Villefranche d'Astarac, France, and description of a new genus of tetraconodont". Estudios Geológicos. 70 (1): e002.
  2. "Fossilworks: Conohyus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. "conohyus eol". www.eol.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  4. "Tetraconodontinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-08.