Hippopotamodon Lydekker 1877 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Synonyms: Dicoryphochoerus Pilgrim 1926, Limnostonyx Ginsburg 1988

Parent taxon: Suidae according to D. Geraads et al. 2005

See also Carroll 1988, Geraads 2017, McKenna and Bell 1997, Prasad 1964 and Prasad 1967

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

Subtaxa: Dicoryphochoerus fategadensis Dicoryphochoerus medius Hippopotamodon antiquus Hippopotamodon erymanthius

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene of China (1)

• Miocene of China (1), Greece (1), India (3), Myanmar (1), Pakistan (1), Romania (1), Thailand (2), Turkey (2)

Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences

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