Lopholistriodon Temporal range: 15.97–11.608 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | †Listriodontinae |
Tribe: | †Namachoerini |
Genus: | †Lopholistriodon Pickford & Wilkinson 1975 |
Type species | |
†Lopholistriodon kidogosana Pickford & Wilkinson 1975 | |
Species | |
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Lopholistriodon was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Africa.
It was among the earliest and smallest member of the Listriodontinae. One species, Lopholistriodon moruoroti, has been reassigned to the related Namachoerus.
References
- "Fossilworks: Lopholistriodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- "PBDB". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- Paleontologia i Evolució Volumes 26-29. L'Institut. 1993.
- Prothero, Donald R. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780801887352.
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Lopholistriodon |
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