Taucanamo Simpson 1945 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Parent taxon: Suoidea according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2010

See also Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997, Orliac et al. 2006 and van der Made 1997

Sister taxa: Doliochoerus, Egatochoerus, Palaeochoeridae, Palaeochoerus, Sanitheriidae, Schizochoerus, Suidae, Suina

Subtaxa: Taucanamo grandaevum Taucanamo inonuensis Taucanamo primum Taucanamo sansaniense

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (8 collections), Germany (2), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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