Versoporcus

Extinct genus of even-toed ungulates

Versoporcus
Temporal range: 13.65–9.7 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Tetraconodontinae
Genus: Versoporcus
Pickford, 2014
Species
  • V. steinheimensis (Fraas, 1870) (type)
  • V. grivensis (Gaillard, 1899)

Versoporcus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Europe. Two species are recognized, V. grivensis and V. steinheimensis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Martin Pickford (2014). "Sus valentini FILHOL, 1882 from St Gaudens (MN 8-9) France: blighted from the outset but a key to understanding late Middle Miocene Tetraconodontinae (Suidae, Mammalia) of Europe". Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv. 51: 167–220.
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