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Extinct genus of even-toed ungulates

Versoporcus
Temporal range: 13.65–9.7 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Tetraconodontinae
Genus: Versoporcus
Pickford, 2014
Species
  • V. steinheimensis (Fraas, 1870) (type)
  • V. grivensis (Gaillard, 1899)

Versoporcus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Europe. Two species are recognized, V. grivensis and V. steinheimensis.

References

  1. Martin Pickford (2014). "Sus valentini FILHOL, 1882 from St Gaudens (MN 8-9) France: blighted from the outset but a key to understanding late Middle Miocene Tetraconodontinae (Suidae, Mammalia) of Europe". Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv. 51: 167–220.
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