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Morotochoerus
Taxonomy
Morotochoerus was named by Pickford (1998).
It was assigned to Schizochoerinae by Pickford (1998), Bishop (2010); and to Kenyapotaminae by Orliac et al. (2010), Boisserie et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Schizochoerinae by Pickford (1998), Bishop (2010); and to Kenyapotaminae by Orliac et al. (2010), Boisserie et al. (2011).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Morotochoerus Pickford p. 2 figs. Fig. 2-3 |
| 2010 | Morotochoerus Bishop p. 842 |
| 2010 | Morotochoerus Orliac et al. p. 11873 |
| 2011 | Morotochoerus Boisserie et al. p. 620 figs. Table 1 |
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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.
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, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Uganda | M. ugandensis (28292 28293) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | M. ugandensis (22303) |