Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Parent taxon: Suidae according to T. D. White and J. M. Harris 1977
See also Carroll 1988 and Leakey 1943
Sister taxa: Aureliachoerus, Babyrousinae, Cainochoerinae, Chaeropotamina, Dinochoerus, Eocenchoerus, Eumaiochoerus, Gerontochoerus, Hemichoerus, Hippopotamodon, Hyosus, Hyotheriinae, Kubanochoerinae, Kubanochoerus, Listriodontinae, Lophochoerus, Mabokopithecus, Microstonyx, Namachoerinae, Nyanzachoerus, Odoichoerus, Palaeochoerinae, Paradoxodonides, Promesochoerus, Pronotochoerus, Schizochoerinae, Suinae, Tetraconodontinae, Xenohyus
Subtaxa: Mesochoerus hesseloni
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (6 collections), South Africa (1), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), Uganda (1)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences
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