Propotamochoerus

Propotamochoerus; Temporal range: Miocene to Pliocene 11.608-3.6 mya
	Propotamochoerus giganteus skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Subfamily:	Suinae
Genus:	†Propotamochoerus; Pilgrim 1925
Species
	P. aegaeus Lazaridis, Tsoukala & Kostopoulos, 2022 ; P. devauxi; P. hysudricus;

Propotamochoerus is an extinct genus of pig-like animals that lived from the Miocene to the Pliocene of Algeria, India, Moldova, China, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Myanmar, Thailand, Tunisia and Pakistan.

Description

In P. hysudricus, the second incisor was smaller than the first incisor. The premolars and molars are moderately elongated with modestly thick enamel. Both the talon and talonid of the maxillary and mandibular third molars respectively are relatively undifferentiated and basal.^[1]

Palaeobiology

Palaeoecology

P. palaeochoerus most likely preferred to inhabit woodland environments.^[2] Also, P. palaeochoerus is known to have fed preferentially on underground roots rich in strontium according to Sr/Ca analysis.^[3]

References

↑ Zulfiqar, Sharon; Aftab, Kiran (28 April 2025). "New Fossils of Propotamochoerus hysudricus from the Middle Siwalik, Pakistan". Historical Biology: 1–14. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2490071. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 24 November 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
↑ Iannucci, Alessio; Begun, David R. (April 2022). "Suidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Alsótelekes (Hungary)". Geobios. 71: 39–49. Bibcode:2022Geobi..71...39I. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2022.01.002. hdl:11573/1617424. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
↑ Eastham, L. C.; Feranecc, Robert S.; Begun, David R. (4 September 2017). "Trace element analysis provides insight into the diets of early Late Miocene ungulates from the Rudabánya II locality (Hungary)". Geologica Acta. 15 (3): 231–I. doi:10.1344/GeologicaActa2017.15.3.6. ISSN 1696-5728. Retrieved 30 September 2025.

Propotamochoerus at fossilworks

[1] Zulfiqar, Sharon; Aftab, Kiran (28 April 2025). "New Fossils of Propotamochoerus hysudricus from the Middle Siwalik, Pakistan". Historical Biology: 1–14. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2490071. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 24 November 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

[2] Iannucci, Alessio; Begun, David R. (April 2022). "Suidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Alsótelekes (Hungary)". Geobios. 71: 39–49. Bibcode:2022Geobi..71...39I. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2022.01.002. hdl:11573/1617424. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.

[TraceElementAnalysis-3] Eastham, L. C.; Feranecc, Robert S.; Begun, David R. (4 September 2017). "Trace element analysis provides insight into the diets of early Late Miocene ungulates from the Rudabánya II locality (Hungary)". Geologica Acta. 15 (3): 231–I. doi:10.1344/GeologicaActa2017.15.3.6. ISSN 1696-5728. Retrieved 30 September 2025.

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