Eumaiochoerus
Temporal range: 11.608–7.246 Ma
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Mandible of Eumaiochoerus etruscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: †Eumaiochoerus
Hurzeler, 1982
Species:
†E. etruscus
Binomial name
†Eumaiochoerus etruscus
Hurzeler, 1982

Eumaiochoerus is an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Italy.[1][2]

Description

Eumaiochoerus had a short snout, spatulate upper incisors and small, chisel-shaped lower tusks.

Fossils of Eumaiochoerus were found in Baccinello and Montebamboli in Italy, which at the time of its existence would have been an island chain. Eumaiochoerus does show characteristics of an insular mammal, being much smaller in size than its mainland relative Microstonyx.[3]

See also

Oreopithecus

References

  1. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Eumaiochoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Agustí, Jordi; Antón, Mauricio (2002). Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe. Columbia University Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780231116411.


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