Celebochoerus

Celebochoerus
Temporal range: 2.588–0.781 Ma
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C. heekereni at the Bandung Geological Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: †Celebochoerus
Hooijer, 1948
Type species
†Celebochoerus heekereni
Species

Celebochoerus is an extinct genus of giant suid artiodactyl that existed during the Pliocene and Pleistocene in Sulawesi, Indonesia (Celebochoerus heekereni),[1][2] and the middle Pleistocene of Luzon, in the Philippines (Celebochoerus cagayanensis).[3]

It is not thought to be closely related to Babyrousa, and seems to be quite distinct from any other known suid.[4]

It has been suggested that its extinction is correlated with the geographical expansion of anoa, babirusa and Celebes warty pig ranges.[5]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Celebochoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  3. ^ Ingicco, Thomas. "A new species of Celebochoerus (Suidae,Mammalia) from the Philippines and the paleobiogeography of the genus Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948". University of Wollongong.
  4. ^ Groves, C. (1 June 2001). "Mammals in Sulawesi: Where did they come from and when, and what happened to them when they got there?". In Metcalfe, I.; Smith, J. M.B.; Morwood, M.; Davidson, I. (eds.). Faunal and Floral Migration and Evolution in SE Asia-Australasia. CRC Press. pp. 333–342. ISBN 978-90-5809-349-3.
  5. ^ Laurent A. F. Frantz; Anna Rudzinski; Abang Mansyursyah Surya Nugraha; Allowen Evin; James Burton; Ardern Hulme-Beaman; Anna Linderholm; Ross Barnett; Rodrigo Vega; Evan K. Irving-Pease; James Haile; Richard Allen; Kristin Leus; Jill Shephard; Mia Hillyer; Sarah Gillemot; Jeroen van den Hurk; Sharron Ogle; Cristina Atofanei; Mark G. Thomas; Friederike Johansson; Abdul Haris Mustari; John Williams; Kusdiantoro Mohamad; Chandramaya Siska Damayanti; Ita Djuwita Wiryadi; Dagmar Obbles; Stephano Mona; Hally Day; Muhammad Yasin; Stefan Meker; Jimmy A. McGuire; Ben J. Evans; Thomas von Rintelen; Simon Y. W. Ho; Jeremy B. Searle; Andrew C. Kitchener; Alastair A. Macdonald; Darren J. Shaw; Robert Hall; Peter Galbusera; Greger Larson (2018). "Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi's iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 (1876): 20172566. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2566. PMC 5904307 Freely accessible. PMID 29643207.