Conohyus huenermanni Heissig 1989 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Full reference: K. Heissig. 1989. Conohyus huenermanni n.sp., eine kleine Schweinart aus der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Beyerns. Mitteilungen der Beyerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 29:235-240

Belongs to Conohyus according to K. Heissig 1989

Sister taxa: Conohyus indicus, Conohyus olujici, Conohyus simorrensis, Conohyus sindiensis, Conohyus steinheimensis

Type specimen: HKS 26, a mandible (dext with p4-m3). Its type locality is Breitenbrunn, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Germany.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Breitenbrunn

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