Sinohyus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | Suinae |
Tribe: | † Hippohyini |
Genus: | †
Sinohyus Koenigswald, 1963 |
Species: | †S. minimus
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Binomial name | |
†Sinohyus minimus Koenigswald, 1963
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Sinohyus was a genus of ground dwelling omnivorous even toed ungulates that existed in Asia during the Pliocene. [1] [2]
Originally classified in the genus Sus, its teeth were considered distinct enough for it to be placed in its own genus. [3]
Sinohyus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | Suinae |
Tribe: | † Hippohyini |
Genus: | †
Sinohyus Koenigswald, 1963 |
Species: | †S. minimus
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Binomial name | |
†Sinohyus minimus Koenigswald, 1963
|
Sinohyus was a genus of ground dwelling omnivorous even toed ungulates that existed in Asia during the Pliocene. [1] [2]
Originally classified in the genus Sus, its teeth were considered distinct enough for it to be placed in its own genus. [3]