Aureliachoerus
Appearance
Aureliachoerus Temporal range:
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Fossil of Aureliachoerus aurelianensis (labeled as Palaeochoerus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | †Hyotheriinae |
Genus: | †Aureliachoerus Ginsburg, 1974 |
Type species | |
†Aureliachoerus aurelianensis Stehlin, 1899
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Species | |
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Aureliachoerus was an extinct genus of suids that existed during the Miocene in Europe.[1][2][3]
The species Aureliachoerus aurelianensis was originally considered a species of Palaeochoerus. The second species, A. minus was smaller than A. aurelianensis and had less complex molars.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Aureliachoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Aureliachoerus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ "Palaeochoerinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ van der Made, J.; Morales, J. (1992). "901-914 Aureliachoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from Agreda and other Miocene localities of Spain". Geobios. 32 (6): 901–914. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(99)80872-9.