Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Parent taxon: Suidae according to G. Theodorou et al. 2003
See also Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Aureliachoerus, Babyrousinae, Cainochoerinae, Chaeropotamina, Dinochoerus, Eocenchoerus, Eumaiochoerus, Gerontochoerus, Hemichoerus, Hippopotamodon, Hyosus, Hyotheriinae, Kubanochoerinae, Kubanochoerus, Listriodontinae, Lophochoerus, Mabokopithecus, Mesochoerus, Namachoerinae, Nyanzachoerus, Odoichoerus, Palaeochoerinae, Paradoxodonides, Promesochoerus, Pronotochoerus, Schizochoerinae, Suinae, Tetraconodontinae, Xenohyus
Subtaxa: Microstonyx binxianensis Microstonyx major
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1 collection)
• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Bulgaria (4), China (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Greece (14), Kyrgyzstan (1), Moldova (2), Spain (2), Turkey (4), Ukraine (3)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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