Kubanochoerus gigas Hyneria Size estimates for this species

Size estimates for this species are 6–7 meters in total body length

Estudios paleopatológicos recientes sugieren además que las estructuras de la cola y los osteodermos podrían estar vinculados no solo a respuestas defensivas frente a depredadores

millions of years later

where predators struggled to survive and prey did their best to escape and avoid becoming food

measuring approximately 50-60% of the length of the hindlimbs

Kubanochoerus gigas Hyneria Size estimates for this speciesKubanochoerus gigas was one of the largest suids of the Miocene, belonging to the family Suidae and related to the tetraconodontines, an extinct group characterized by hypertrophied dentition and massive skulls. It inhabited Eurasia during the Middle Miocene, approximately 15 to 11 million years ago, in open environments with mosaics of wooded savanna and scattered forests. It was an artiodactyl of colossal proportions for its lineage, with an