Aureliachoerus
Extinct genus of mammals
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Aureliachoerus was an extinct genus of suids that existed during the Miocene in Europe.[1][2][3]
| Aureliachoerus Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of Aureliachoerus aurelianensis (labeled as Palaeochoerus) at the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Aureliachoerus Ginsburg, 1974 |
| Type species | |
| †Aureliachoerus aurelianensis Stehlin, 1899 | |
| Species | |
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The species Aureliachoerus aurelianensis was originally considered a species of Palaeochoerus. The second species, A. minus was smaller than A. aurelianensis and had less complex molars.[4]
