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Kubanochoerus

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Kubanochoerus is an extinct genus of large, long-legged suid artiodactyl mammal from the Miocene of Eurasia and Africa.

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Parent taxon
Listriodontinae
Mass
500
Image
Kubanochoerus robustus A6 digital.jpg
Height
1.2
Length
1.2
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taxon name
Kubanochoerus
taxon rank
genus
location of discovery
Africa
Commons category
Kubanochoerus
start time
15900000-0
end time
7300000-00
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Kubanochoerus is an extinct genus of large, long-legged suid artiodactyl mammal from the Miocene of Eurasia and Africa.

== Taxonomy == thumb|left|K. gigas skull The genera Libycochoerus and Megalochoerus were once assigned to Kubanochoerus but are now considered distinct based on dental and minor cranial details. thumb|right|Photo-reconstruction of K. robustus The putative paraceratheriid genus Caucasotherium, described from the Caucasus on the basis of a bone fragment with four incisors, is actually a synonym of the Middle Miocene Kubanochoerus gigas.

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