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Taxonomy
Tapinochoerus modestus was named by van Hoepen and van Hoepen (1932).
It was recombined as Metridiochoerus modestus by Harris and White (1979), Geraads et al. (2004), Bishop (2010).
It was recombined as Metridiochoerus modestus by Harris and White (1979), Geraads et al. (2004), Bishop (2010).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Tapinochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen |
| 1979 | Metridiochoerus modestus Harris and White |
| 2004 | Metridiochoerus modestus Geraads et al. p. 194 |
| 2010 | Metridiochoerus modestus Bishop p. 845 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Metridiochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Metridiochoerus modestus (21291 21292) | |
| Gelasian | Kenya | Metridiochoerus modestus (21457) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Metridiochoerus modestus (21986) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Metridiochoerus modestus (21464 21515) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Metridiochoerus modestus (22491 22494 22497) | |
| Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Metridiochoerus modestus (21347) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Metridiochoerus modestus (21970 22041 22064) | |
| Calabrian | Kenya | Metridiochoerus modestus (21449) |