Conohyus

Conohyus was an extinct genus of suid that existed during the Miocene in Europe and in Asia.[1][2][3][4]

Conohyus
Temporal range: 13.65–9.7 Ma
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A Conohyus mandible
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: †Tetraconodontinae
Genus: †Conohyus
Pilgrim, 1926
Species
  • C. doati (Lartet, 1851)
  • C. simorrensis (Lartet, 1851) (type)

Taxonomy

Conohyus sindiensis was re-assigned to the genus Retroporcus by Pickford and Laurent (2014).[1]

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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 2017-03-08.
  3. "conohyus eol". www.eol.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  4. "Tetraconodontinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-08.


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