Sanitherium von Meyer 1866 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Synonyms: Diamantohyus Stromer 1926, Xenochoerus Zdarsky 1909

Parent taxon: Ruminantia according to R. Lydekker 1876

See also Anyonge 1991, Bishop 2010, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and van der Made 1997

Sister taxa: Agriochoeridae, Amphimoschus, Andegamerycidae, Anoplotheriadae, Archaeomerycidae, Bovoidea, Delahomeryx, Giraffoidea, Hispanomerycidae, Krabitherium, Merycotherium, Mosaicomeryx, Paalitherium, Palaeohypsodontus, Pecora, Prodremotherium, Thandaungia, Tragulidae, Tragulina

Subtaxa: Diamantohyus africanus Diamantohyus nadirus Sanitherium cingulatum Sanitherium masticum Sanitherium nadiurum Sanitherium schlagintweiti Xenochoerus leobensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Pliocene of South Africa (1 collection)

• Miocene of Greece (3), India (1), Kenya (4), Pakistan (1), Uganda (2)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (3)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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