Hyotherium

Hyotherium
Hyotherium major skull, MNHN
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Suidae
Subfamily:†Hyotheriinae
Genus:†Hyotherium
von Meyer, 1834
Species
  • †Hyotherium major
  • †Hyotherium soemmeringi

Hyotherium was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Europe and Asia.[1]

Hyotherium soemmeringi jaw

References

  1. ↑ Lydekker, R. (1887). "Description of a Jaw of Hyotherium, from the Pliocene of India". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 43: 19–99. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1887.043.01-04.05.


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