Chleuastochoerus

Chleuastochoerus is an extinct genus in the pig family that lived in the Miocene and Pliocene[1] in Russia[2] and Eastern Asia.

Chleuastochoerus
Skull, Hong Kong Science Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Hyotheriinae
Genus: Chleuastochoerus
Pearson, 1928
Species
  • C. stehlini Schlosser, 1903
  • C. tuvensis Vislobokova, 2009

References

  1. Pickford, M. 1993. Old World suoid systematics, phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy. Paleont. Evol., 26-27:237-269
  2. Vislobokova, I. A. (2009). "The first record of Chleuastochoerus (Suidae, Artiodactyla) in Russia". Paleontological Journal. 43 (6): 686–698. doi:10.1134/S0031030109060136.


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