Biology:Conohyus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Conohyus
Temporal range: 13.65–9.7 Ma
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A Conohyus mandible
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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

Taxonomy

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=188944. 
  3. "conohyus eol" (in en). http://eol.org/pages/7681/details. 
  4. "Tetraconodontinae". http://tolweb.org/Tetraconodontinae/51805. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3687100 entry