Cebochoerus
Temporal range: Eocene
Teeth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Cebochoeridae
Genus: †Cebochoerus
Gervais, 1852
Species

C. fontensis Sudre, 1978

Cebochoerus is an extinct basal artiodactyl genus belonging to the family Cebochoeridae in the superfamily Dichobunoidea.[1] It occurred in Europe during the Early to Late Eocene.[2]

References

  1. ↑ J.-R. Boisserie; F. Lihoreau & M. Brunet (2005). "The position of Hippopotamidae within Cetartiodactyla". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102 (5): 1537–1541. Bibcode:2005PNAS..102.1537B. doi:10.1073/pnas.0409518102. PMC 547867. PMID 15677331. As cited in John Alroy (2007). "J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2005". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 Jun 2012.
  2. ↑ McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.


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