Propotamochoerus

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Propotamochoerus
Temporal range: Miocene to Pliocene 11.608-3.6 mya
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Propotamochoerus giganteus skull
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Suinae
Genus:† Propotamochoerus
Pilgrim 1925
Species
  • P. aegaeusLazaridis, Tsoukala & Kostopoulos, 2022
  • P. devauxi
  • P. hysudricus

Propotamochoerus is an extinct genus of pig-like animals that lived from Miocene to Pliocene of Algeria, India, Moldova, China, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Myanmar, Thailand, Tunisia and Pakistan.

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