Namachoerus

Namachoerus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene of Africa.[1][2]

Namachoerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: †Listriodontinae
Tribe: †Namachoerini
Genus: †Namachoerus
Pickford, 1995
Species:
†N. moruoroti
Binomial name
†Namachoerus moruoroti
Wilkinson, 1976
Synonyms

Lopholistriodon moruoroti

One species, Namachoerus moruoroti was formerly placed in the genus Lopholistriodon.[3]


References
  1. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  2. "Fossilworks: Namachoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. Donald R. Prothero, Donald R. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780801887352.


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