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Hylochoerus (giant forest hog)

Mammalia - Suidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Hylochoerus Thomas p. 196
1977Hylochoerus White and Harris p. 13
1988Hylochoerus Carroll
1997Hylochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 396
2007Hylochoerus Funk et al. p. 429

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilySuinaeGray 1821
genusHylochoerus

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.

G. Hylochoerus Thomas 1904 [giant forest hog]
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†Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas 1904 [giant forest hog]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:08:25
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117Ethiopia Notochoerus euilus (22128)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya Notochoerus euilus (22237)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Notochoerus euilus (21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Notochoerus euilus (22137 22174)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Notochoerus euilus (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda Notochoerus euilus (22248)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Notochoerus euilus (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Notochoerus euilus (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia Notochoerus euilus (21616 21754 21755)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Notochoerus euilus (21830)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Notochoerus euilus (21434 22235 22239)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Notochoerus euilus (22267)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Notochoerus euilus (22324 22327)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Notochoerus euilus (22084 22088 22090 22096 22104 22107 22123 22346)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Notochoerus euilus (22197)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Uganda Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (22244)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa Notochoerus euilus (22340)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Notochoerus euilus (21408 21424 21425 21481 21482 21535 21540)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Notochoerus euilus (224654)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Rift Valley) Notochoerus euilus (21307 21309 21310)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chad Notochoerus euilus (22506)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Notochoerus euilus (21549 21599 21608 21634 21638 21640 21762 21764 21767 21783 21785 21786 22034 22036 22037)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Notochoerus euilus (21787 21789 21790 21792 21793 21794 21795 21796 21798 21799 21800 21801 21802 21807 21810 21811 21813 21831 21832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Turkana District) Notochoerus euilus (21334)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Notochoerus euilus (224657)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Notochoerus euilus (21282 21283 21300 21355)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Notochoerus euilus (224655)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Notochoerus euilus (21460 21478 21488 21517 21539)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Notochoerus euilus (21565 21573 21577 21615 21621 21628 21632 21652 21742 21744 22007 22009 22012)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Notochoerus euilus (21816)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Notochoerus euilus (22490)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (22074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Rwanda Hylochoerus sp. (129899)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (21692)