Xenohyus
Appearance
Xenohyus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Genus: | †Xenohyus Ginsburg, 1980 |
Species: | †X. venitor
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Binomial name | |
†Xenohyus venitor Ginsburg, 1980
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Xenohyus was an extinct genus of suids that existed during the Miocene in Europe. [1][2]
It showed many similarities to peccaries rather than modern pigs.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Xenohyus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Xenohyus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-03-05.