Xenohyus Ginsburg 1980 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Parent taxon: Suidae according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2010

See also Boisserie et al. 2005, Carroll 1988 and Spaulding et al. 2009

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

Subtaxa: Xenohyus venitor

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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