Choeropotamus Desmarest 1822

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae

Alternative spelling: Chaeropotamus

Parent taxon: Choeropotamidae according to J. Erfurt and G. Metais 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Hooker 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997, Neave 2004, Owen 1848, Owen 1844 and Sudre and Lecomte 2000

Sister taxa: Amphirhagatherium, Anthracobunodon, Cuisitherium, Diplopus, Hallebune, Haplobunodon, Lophiobunodon, Masilabune, Rhagatherium, Thaumastognathus

Subtaxa: Choeropotamus affinis Choeropotamus depereti Choeropotamus parisiensis Choeropotamus sudrei

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Type: Choeropotamus parisiensis

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (11 collections), Germany (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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