Parent taxon: Suoidea according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2010
See also Becker et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997, Prothero 2009, Prothero 2021 and van der Made 1997
Sister taxa: Doliochoerus, Egatochoerus, Palaeochoeridae, Sanitheriidae, Schizochoerus, Suidae, Suina, Taucanamo
Subtaxa: Palaeochoerus gergovianus Palaeochoerus minus Palaeochoerus platyops Palaeochoerus pusilus Palaeochoerus typus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (2 collections), France (2), India (1), Kenya (1), Pakistan (3), Spain (1)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon)
• Oligocene of Angola (1), France (2), Switzerland (1)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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