Biology:Lopholistriodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
Lopholistriodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | †Listriodontinae |
Tribe: | †Namachoerini |
Genus: | †Lopholistriodon Pickford & Wilkinson 1975 |
Type species | |
†Lopholistriodon kidogosana Pickford & Wilkinson 1975
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Species | |
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Lopholistriodon was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Africa.[1][2]
It was among the earliest and smallest member of the Listriodontinae.[3] One species, Lopholistriodon moruoroti, has been reassigned to the related Namachoerus.[4]
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Lopholistriodon". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=42397.
- ↑ "PBDB" (in en). https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42397&is_real_user=1.
- ↑ Paleontologia i Evolució Volumes 26-29. L'Institut. 1993.
- ↑ Prothero, Donald R. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780801887352.
Wikidata ☰ Q21222814 entry