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| Propotamochoerus Temporal range: Miocene to Pliocene 11.608-3.6 mya | |
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| Propotamochoerus giganteus skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | Suinae |
| Genus: | †Propotamochoerus Pilgrim 1925 |
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Propotamochoerus is an extinct genus of pig-like animals that lived from Miocene to Pliocene of Algeria, India, Moldova, China, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Myanmar, Thailand, Tunisia and Pakistan.
Palaeoecology
P. palaeochoerus most likely preferred to inhabit woodland environments.
References
- Iannucci, Alessio; Begun, David R. (April 2022). "Suidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Alsótelekes (Hungary)". Geobios. 71: 39–49. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2022.01.002. hdl:11573/1617424. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- Propotamochoerus at fossilworks
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