Doliochoerus
| Doliochoerus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Genus: | †Doliochoerus |
| Species: | †D. quercyi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Doliochoerus quercyi Filhol, 1882
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Doliochoerus is an extinct genus of suoid ungulate that lived in Western Europe during the Oligocene epoch.[1]
Description
The body masses of Doliochoerus quercyi specimens from Garouillas and Pech Desse in France have been estimated as 20 kg and 26 kg, respectively. Remains of Doliochoerus not diagnostic to the species level from Pech Desse indicate it could have weighed up to 50 kg.[2]
Extinction
Doliochoerus disappeared from Europe at the terminus of the Oligocene, together with Anthracotherium magnum and Microbunodon minimus.[3]
References
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ Martinez, Jean‐Noël; Sudre, Jean (1 September 1995). "The astragalus of Paleogene artiodactyls: comparative morphology, variability and prediction of body mass". Lethaia. 28 (3): 197–209. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1995.tb01423.x. ISSN 0024-1164. Retrieved 18 January 2026 – via Scandinavian University Press.
- ^ Scherler, Laureline; Mennecart, Bastien; Hiard, Florent; Becker, Damien (20 November 2013). "Evolutionary history of hoofed mammals during the Oligocene–Miocene transition in Western Europe". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 106 (2): 349–369. doi:10.1007/s00015-013-0140-x. ISSN 1661-8726. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.