Kubanochoerus
Kubanochoerus Temporal range: Miocene ~15.9–7.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Mounted skeleton of Kubanochoerus at the Beijing Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Tribe: | †Kubanochoerini |
Genus: | †Kubanochoerus Gabunia 1955 |
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Kubanochoerus is an extinct genus of large, long-legged suid artiodactyl mammal from the Miocene of Eurasia and Africa.
Taxonomy
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The genera Libycochoerus and Megalochoerus were once assigned to Kubanochoerus but are now considered distinct based on dental and minor cranial details.[2]
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The putative paraceratheriid genus Caucasotherium, described from the Caucasus on the basis of a bone fragment with four incisors, is actually a synonym of the Middle Miocene Kubanochoerus gigas.[3]
Description
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The largest species, the aptly named K. gigas, grew to be around 1 metre (3.3 ft) at the shoulder, and probably weighed up to 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) in life.[4] The heads of these pigs were unmistakable, with small eyebrow horns, and a large horn emanating from the forehead of the males. It is speculated that the males used their forehead horns for jousting with each other.
References
- ^ Hou & Deng, 2019
- ^ Bishop LC (2010) Suoidea. In: Werdelin L, Sanders WJ, editors. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 821–842.
- ^ PICKFORD, M., GABUNIA, L., MEIN, P., MORALES, J. & AZANZA, B. 2000. The Middle Miocene Mammalian site of Belometchetskaya, North Caucasus: an important biostratigraphic link between Europe and China. - Géobios 33 (2): 257-267, Lyon.
- ^ Teeth: Kubanochoerus gigas lii (GUAN). tesorosnaturales.es
Bibliography
- Hou, Su-Kuan; Deng, Tao (2019), "A new species of Kubanochoerus (Suidae, Artiodactyla) from the Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China", Vertebrata PalAsiatica, in press
External links
- Kubanochoerus in the Paleobiology Database
- Kubanochoerus photo-reconstruction by paleoartist Roman Uchytel
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Clade: Artiofabula
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