Aureliachoerus

Aureliachoerus; Temporal range:
	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
Species
	A. aurelianensis; A. minus;

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

"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.

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[1] "Fossilworks: Aureliachoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[2] "Aureliachoerus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-03-05.

[3] "Palaeochoerinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-05.

[4] 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.