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Albanohyus

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Albanohyus
Temporal range: 16.9–11.1 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Cainochoerinae
Genus: Albanohyus
Ginsburg, 1974
Species[1]
  • A. pymaeus
  • A. castellensis

Albanohyus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates which lived during the Miocene in Eurasia and possibly Africa.[2][3][4]

It is considered an earlier and more primitive relative of Cainochoerus.[4]

References

  1. ^ Donald R. Prothero, Donald R. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780801887352.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Albanohyus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Albanohyus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  4. ^ a b Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 834. ISBN 9780520257214.