Odoichoerus Tong and Zhao 1986 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

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: Suoidea according to M. J. Orliac et al. 2010

See also Ducrocq 1994, McKenna and Bell 1997, Tong and Zhao 1986 and van der Made 1997

Sister taxa: Doliochoerus, Egatochoerus, Palaeochoeridae, Palaeochoerus, Sanitheriidae, Schizochoerus, Suidae, Suina, Taucanamo

Subtaxa: Odoichoerus uniconus

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Type: Odoichoerus uniconus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

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

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