Sinapriculus linquensi Liping et al. 2002 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Full reference: L. Liping, M. Fortelius, and M. Pickford. 2002. New fossil Suidae from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):152-163

Belongs to Sinapriculus according to L. Liping et al. 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V11941, a mandible. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection Liu, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection Liu

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