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Namachoerus

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Extinct genus of mammals

Namachoerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Listriodontinae
Tribe: Namachoerini
Genus: Namachoerus
Pickford, 1995
Species: N. moruoroti
Binomial name
Namachoerus moruoroti
Wilkinson, 1976
Synonyms

Lopholistriodon moruoroti

Namachoerus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene of Africa.

One species, Namachoerus moruoroti was formerly placed in the genus Lopholistriodon.


References

  1. "PBDB". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  2. "Fossilworks: Namachoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. Donald R. Prothero, Donald R. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780801887352.
Genera of peccaries, pigs and their extinct allies
Suina
Suina
Suoidea
Doliochoeridae
Doliochoerinae
Orycterochoerinae
Sanitheriidae
Suidae
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Tayassuidae
Suidae
Suidae
Cainochoerinae
Hyotheriinae
Listriodontinae
Kubanochoerini
Listriodontini
Namachoerini
Suinae
Suini
Potamochoerini
Hippohyini
Phacochoerini
Babyrousini
Tetraconodontinae
Taxon identifiers
Namachoerus


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