Nyanzachoerus
Nyanzachoerus is an extinct genus of the pig family (Suidae) belonging to the subfamily Tetraconodontinae. The several species of Nyanzachoerus lived in Africa from the Miocene to Pliocene.
Nyanzachoerus Temporal range: | |
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Nyanzachoerus khinzir skull in lateral and ventral view | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | †Tetraconodontinae |
Genus: | †Nyanzachoerus Leakey, 1958 |
Type species | |
†Nyanzachoerus syrticus | |
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