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Conohyus

Conohyus was an extinct genus of suid that existed during the Miocene in Europe and in Asia.

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Conohyus
Temporal range:
A Conohyus mandible
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: †Tetraconodontinae
Genus: †Conohyus
Pilgrim, 1926
Species
  • C. doati (Lartet, 1851)
  • C. simorrensis (Lartet, 1851) (type)

Conohyus was an extinct genus of suid that existed during the Miocene in Europe and in Asia.1234

Taxonomy

Conohyus sindiensis was reassigned to the genus Retroporcus by Pickford and Laurent (2014).1

References

References

  1. M. Pickford; Y. Laurent (2014). "Valorisation of palaeontological collections: nomination of a lectotype for Conohyus simorrensis (Lartet, 1851), Villefranche d'Astarac, France, and description of a new genus of tetraconodont". Estudios Geológicos. 70 (1): e002.
  2. "Fossilworks: Conohyus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. "conohyus eol". www.eol.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  4. "Tetraconodontinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-08.