Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Full reference: L. S. B. Leakey. 1943. New fossil Suidae from shungura, Omo. Journal of The East Africa Natural History Society 17:45-61
Parent taxon: Suidae according to L. S. B. Leakey 1943
Sister taxa: Aureliachoerus, Babyrousinae, Cainochoerinae, Chaeropotamina, Dinochoerus, Eocenchoerus, Eumaiochoerus, Hemichoerus, Hippopotamodon, Hyosus, Hyotheriinae, Kubanochoerinae, Kubanochoerus, Listriodontinae, Lophochoerus, Mabokopithecus, Mesochoerus, Microstonyx, Namachoerinae, Nyanzachoerus, Odoichoerus, Palaeochoerinae, Paradoxodonides, Promesochoerus, Pronotochoerus, Schizochoerinae, Suinae, Tetraconodontinae, Xenohyus
Subtaxa: Gerontochoerus scotti
Type: Gerontochoerus scotti
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (38 collections), Kenya (30)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (5), Kenya (2), Malawi (2)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (3), Kenya (1), Malawi (1)
Total: 82 collections including 85 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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