Metridiochoerus
Sign in to saveMetridiochoerus is an extinct genus of swine known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Africa. It is also known as the giant warthog.
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It is catalogued under topics including Cenozoic mammals of Africa, Fossil taxa described in 1926 and Piacenzian first appearances.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Suidae
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- Piacenzian
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- Early Pleistocene
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Metridiochoerus is an extinct genus of swine known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Africa. It is also known as the giant warthog.
== Chronology == The oldest specimen dates to around 3.4 million years ago from the Usno Formation in Ethiopia. It probably evolved from a recent immigrant from Eurasia, which has been suggested to be the European "Postpotamochoerus" provincialis. The youngest remains of the genus date to the Late Pleistocene in southern Africa (Zimababwe, and possibly South Africa).
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