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Cebochoeridae

Cebochoeridae

Cebochoeridae is an extinct family of small-to-medium-sized bunodont artiodactyl mammals that thrived in Western Europe during the Eocene to early Oligocene. The distinguishing features of this family are short, robust jaws and pig-like teeth. The genera consisting of this family include , Cebochoerus, , and . The placement of this family among artiodactyls has been controversial, with some linking the family with Whippomorpha, while others linking them to another extinct clade of Paleogene European artiodactyls .