| Nyanzachoerus Temporal range:
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| Nyanzachoerus khinzir skull in lateral and ventral view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Tetraconodontinae |
| Genus: | †Nyanzachoerus Leakey, 1958 |
| Type species | |
| †Nyanzachoerus syrticus | |
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Nyanzachoerus is an extinct genus of the pig family (Suidae) belonging to the subfamily Tetraconodontinae. The several species of Nyanzachoerus lived in Africa from the Miocene to Pliocene.[1][2]
- ^ National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals, Alan Turner, 2004
- ^ Boisserie, Jean-Renaud; Souron, Antoine; Mackaye, Hassane Taïsso; Likius, Andossa; Vignaud, Patrick; Brunet, Michel (2014). "A New Species of Nyanzachoerus (Cetartiodactyla: Suidae) from the Late Miocene Toros-Ménalla, Chad, Central Africa". PLOS ONE. 9 (8): e103221. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j3221B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103221. PMC 4146473. PMID 25162699.