Lopholistriodon
Extinct genus of mammals
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Lopholistriodon was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Africa.[1][2]
| Lopholistriodon Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Listriodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Namachoerini |
| Genus: | †Lopholistriodon Pickford & Wilkinson 1975 |
| Type species | |
| †Lopholistriodon kidogosana Pickford & Wilkinson 1975 | |
| Species | |
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It was among the earliest and smallest member of the Listriodontinae.[3] One species, Lopholistriodon moruoroti, has been reassigned to the related Namachoerus.[4]
