| Doliochoeridae Temporal range:
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| Skull material of Taucanamo pygmaeum. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Suina |
| Family: | †Doliochoeridae Simpson, 1945 |
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Doliochoeridae is an extinct family of suoid artiodactyl ungulates that were once widely distributed in Eurasia and Africa from the Early Oligocene to the Late Miocene. Often referred in the past as Old World peccaries, the doliochoerids are now considered to be a distinct family of suoids separate from true peccaries.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ Harris, J.M.; Liu, L.-P. (2007). "Superfamily Suoidea". In Prothero, D.R.; Foss, S.E. (eds.). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 130–150. ISBN 9780801887352.
- ^ Martin Pickford; Jorge Morales (2018). "A new suoid with tubulidentate, hypselorhizic cheek teeth from the early Miocene of Córcoles, Spain". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. 33 (2): 321–344. doi:10.7203/sjp.33.2.13606. hdl:10261/230247.
Well, that’s interesting to know that Psilotum nudum are known as whisk ferns. Psilotum nudum is the commoner species of the two. While the P. flaccidum is a rare species and is found in the tropical islands. Both the species are usually epiphytic in habit and grow upon tree ferns. These species may also be terrestrial and grow in humus or in the crevices of the rocks.
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