Agriochoerus

Agriochoerus is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore of the family Agriochoeridae, endemic to North America.[1] Agriochoerus and other agriochoerids possessed claws, which is rare within Artiodactyla.[2]

Agriochoerus
Temporal range: Late Eocene-Oligocene
A. antiquus skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Agriochoeridae
Genus: †Agriochoerus
Leidy, 1850
Species
  • A. antiquus
  • A. crassus
  • A. gaudryi
  • A. guyotianus
  • A. major
  • A. maximus

Agriochoerus lived during the late Eocene and the Oligocene.[3] It was medium-sized, the estimated body mass for A. antiquus being about 85 kg (187.4 lbs).[4]

Life restoration of A. antiquus

References
  1. "Agriochoerus Leidy 1850 (agriochoerid)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  2. Janis, Christine M.; Scott, Kathleen M.; Jacobs, Louis L. (1998). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals. Cambridge University Press. p. 416. ISBN 9780521355193.
  3. Thorpe, M. R. (1921). "Two new forms of Agriochoerus" (PDF). American Journal of Science (8): 111–126. doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-2.8.111.
  4. "Agriochoerus". Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2012.


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