Kachchhchoerus

Kachchhchoerus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: †
Species:
†K. salinus
Binomial name
†Kachchhchoerus salinus
Pilgrim, 1926

Kachchhchoerus is an extinct genus of suid that lived during the Late Miocene.

Distribution

Kachchhchoerus salinus is known from fossils found in India.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bhandari, Ansuya; Pickford, Martin; Tiwari, Brahma Nand (2015). Basal Late Miocene Mammal Fauna from Tapar and Pasuda, Kachchh. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A: Geologie und Paläontologie. Vol. 43. pp. 1–40. ISBN 978-3-89937-199-4.


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