Doliochoeridae

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Doliochoeridae
Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Late Miocene
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Skull material of Taucanamo pygmaeum.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Suina
Family: Doliochoeridae
Simpson, 1945
Subfamilies and genera

Doliochoeridae is an extinct family of suoid artiodactyl ungulates that were once widely distributed in Eurasia and Africa from the Early Oligocene to the Late Miocene. Often referred in the past as Old World peccaries, the doliochoerids are now considered to be a distinct family of suoids separate from true peccaries. [1] [2]

References

  1. Harris, J.M.; Liu, L.-P. (2007). "Superfamily Suoidea". In Prothero, D.R.; Foss, S.E. (eds.). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 130–150. ISBN   9780801887352.
  2. Martin Pickford; Jorge Morales (2018). "A new suoid with tubulidentate, hypselorhizic cheek teeth from the early Miocene of Córcoles, Spain". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. 33 (2): 321–344. doi: 10.7203/sjp.33.2.13606 . hdl: 10261/230247 .