Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Full reference: Y. Tong and Z. Zhao. 1986. Odoichoerus, A New Suoid (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Early Tertiary of Guangxi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24(2):129-138

Parent taxon: Suidae according to S. Ducrocq 1994

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Tong and Zhao 1986 and van der Made 1997

Sister taxa: Aureliachoerus, Babyrousinae, Cainochoerinae, Chaeropotamina, Dinochoerus, Eocenchoerus, Eumaiochoerus, Gerontochoerus, Hemichoerus, Hippopotamodon, Hyosus, Hyotheriinae, Kubanochoerinae, Kubanochoerus, Listriodontinae, Lophochoerus, Mabokopithecus, Mesochoerus, Microstonyx, Namachoerinae, Nyanzachoerus, Palaeochoerinae, Paradoxodonides, Promesochoerus, Pronotochoerus, Schizochoerinae, Suinae, Tetraconodontinae, Xenohyus

Subtaxa: Odoichoerus uniconus

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Type: Odoichoerus uniconus

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sanlei Village (Eocene of China)

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