Libycochoerus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Tribe: | † Kubanochoerini |
Genus: | †
Libycochoerus Arambourg, 1961 |
Species | |
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Libycochoerus is an extinct genus of large and long-legged animals in the pig family from the Miocene of Africa.
Libycochoerus was at one point sunk as a junior synonym of Kubanochoerus but is now considered a distinct genus. All species of this species have very robust teeth that are mesiodistally long, but also stout canines and simple molars. [1]
Libycochoerus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Tribe: | † Kubanochoerini |
Genus: | †
Libycochoerus Arambourg, 1961 |
Species | |
|
Libycochoerus is an extinct genus of large and long-legged animals in the pig family from the Miocene of Africa.
Libycochoerus was at one point sunk as a junior synonym of Kubanochoerus but is now considered a distinct genus. All species of this species have very robust teeth that are mesiodistally long, but also stout canines and simple molars. [1]