Promerycochoerus

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Promerycochoerus
Fossil range: Early Miocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Merycoidodontidae
Genus: Promerycochoerus
Leidy, 1858
Species
  • P. proprius (type)
  • P. carrikeri
  • P. chelydra
  • P. magnus
  • P. matthewi
  • P. pinensis
  • P. superbus
  • P. vantasselensis

Promerycochoerus is an extinct genus of mammal.

The 1 m (3 ft 4 in) long creature is thought to have been amphibious and hippo-like, possessing a long body and blunt limbs that are typically found in such animals.

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