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Taxonomy
Pronotochoerus jacksoni was named by Leakey (1943). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Omo general, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Shungura Formation of Ethiopia. It is the type species of Pronotochoerus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Pronotochoerus jacksoni Leakey p. 53 |
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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.
†Pronotochoerus jacksoni Leakey 1943
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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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Ethiopia | Pronotochoerus jacksoni (type locality: 195542) |