Dinochoerus Peterson 1905 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1905. Preliminary Note on a Gigantic Mammal from the Loup Fork Beds of Nebraska. Science 22(555):211-212

Parent taxon: Suidae according to O. A. Peterson 1905

See also Albright 1999, Lucas et al. 1998, Lucas et al. 1997 and Peterson 1905

Sister taxa: Aureliachoerus, Babyrousinae, Cainochoerinae, Chaeropotamina, Eocenchoerus, Eumaiochoerus, Gerontochoerus, Hemichoerus, Hippopotamodon, Hyosus, Hyotheriinae, Kubanochoerinae, Kubanochoerus, Listriodontinae, Lophochoerus, Mabokopithecus, Mesochoerus, Microstonyx, Namachoerinae, Nyanzachoerus, Odoichoerus, Palaeochoerinae, Paradoxodonides, Promesochoerus, Pronotochoerus, Schizochoerinae, Suinae, Tetraconodontinae, Xenohyus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dinochoerus in the database

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