Hyotherium

Hyotherium Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene
Hyotherium major skull, MNHN
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Subfamily:	† Hyotheriinae
Genus:	† Hyotherium von Meyer, 1834
Type species
†Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer, 1834
Species
H. meissneri H. major H. shanwangense H. soemmeringi

Hyotherium (meaning "pig beast", due to its resemblance to modern day pigs.) was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates under the Hyotheriinae group (a group that also consists of Chicochoerus , Xenohyus and more) of the Suidae family. It existed during the Miocene in Europe and Perim Island, India. It was named by Von Mayer in 1834. ^[1]

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  Hyotherium lacaillei Left Mandible - Holotype MHNT
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  Hyotherium soemmeringi jaw

References

1. Lydekker, R. (1887). "Description of a Jaw of Hyotherium, from the Pliocene of India". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 43 (1–4): 19–99. Bibcode:1887QJGS...43...19L. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1887.043.01-04.05. S2CID   129795498.