Cebochoerus

{{Short description|Extinct basal artiodactyl}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Eocene

| image = Cebochoerus fontensis tooth.png

| image_caption = Teeth

| image2 = Cebochoerus lacustris.png

| image2_caption = Life Restoration

| taxon = Cebochoerus

| authority = Gervais, 1852

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = C. fontensis Sudre, 1978

}}

Cebochoerus is an extinct basal artiodactyl genus belonging to the family Cebochoeridae in the superfamily Dichobunoidea.{{cite journal|author=J.-R. Boisserie|author-link=J.-R. Boisserie|author2=F. Lihoreau|author2-link=F. Lihoreau|author3=M. Brunet|author3-link=M. Brunet|name-list-style=amp|year=2005|title=The position of Hippopotamidae within Cetartiodactyla|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=102|issue=5|pages=1537–1541|doi=10.1073/pnas.0409518102|pmid=15677331|pmc=547867|bibcode=2005PNAS..102.1537B|doi-access=free}} As cited in {{cite web|title=J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2005|work=Paleobiology Database|author=John Alroy|author-link=John Alroy|year=2007|access-date=3 Jun 2012|url=https://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=displayReference&reference_no=23716}} It occurred in Europe during the Early to Late Eocene.{{cite book | last1 = McKenna | first1 = M. C. | last2 = Bell | first2 = S. K. | year = 1997 | publisher = Columbia University Press | isbn = 978-0-231-11013-6 | pages = 631 | title = Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level }}

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Category:Eocene Artiodactyla

Category:Eocene mammals of Europe

Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera

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