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Kolpochoerus

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Kolpochoerus was named by van Hoepen and van Hoepen (1932). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Suidae by Carroll (1988); to Potamochoerini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Suini by Brunet and White (2001); and to Suinae by Bishop (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Kolpochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen p. 59
1988Kolpochoerus Carroll
1997Kolpochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 395
2001Kolpochoerus Brunet and White p. 52
2010Kolpochoerus Bishop p. 842

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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
genusKolpochoerusvan Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932

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. †Kolpochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
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†Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978
†Kolpochoerus cookei Brunet and White 2001
†Kolpochoerus denheinzelini Brunet and White 2001
†Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926
†Kolpochoerus majus Hopwood 1934
†Kolpochoerus maroccanus Ennouchi 1953
†Kolpochoerus phillipi Souron et al. 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (255 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia K. sp. (22158 22159)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia K. afarensis (22174 22176)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Potamochoerus afarensis (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia K. afarensis (21754 21755)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) K. limnetes (70907)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya K. limnetes, K. afarensis (22267)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Ethiopia K. limnetes (21739) K. olduvaiensis (21989) K. sp. (21991 21992 21993 22028) K. sp., K. olduvaiensis (21990)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania K. olduvaiensis (22335)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya K. limnetes (21369 21395 21399 21473 21506)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda K. majus (22212)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi K. limnetes (22327)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia K. sp. (21748)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa K. majus (22207) K. sp. (22088)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia K. limnetes, K. afarensis (22197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia K. afarensis (21549 21608 21762 21771 21773 21775 21776 21779 21780 21783 21785 21786 22037 22038) K. sp., K. limnetes (21640)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) K. limnetes (224654)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chad K. afarensis (21962 22505 22506)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) K. sp., K. limnetes (224657)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) K. limnetes (21344)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) K. limnetes (21288 21289 21291 21292 21352)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda K. limnetes (22178)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya K. limnetes (21376 21398 21410 21420 21446 21451 21457 21460 21461 21471 21474 21477 21478 21486 21488 21489 21503 21504 21539) K. sp. (32116)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia K. afarensis (21571) K. limnetes (21544 21547 21556 21557 21562 21576 21578 21585 21586 21590 21595 21596 21598 21607 21610 21619 21621 21622 21626 21627 21631 21632 21633 21646 21652 21667 21684 21740 21745 21751 21966 21986 21994 21999 22000 22003 22012 22015 22018 22019 22025) K. limnetes, K. olduvaiensis (21587) K. sp. (21567 21579 21580 21583 21592 21602 21603 21605 21606 21620 21635 21641 21645 21651 21654 21660 21674 21678 21744 21747 21997 22006 22010 22013) K. sp., K. limnetes (21552 21553 21554 21555 21565 21566 21573 21581 21589 21591 21614 21625 21628 21656 21657 21658 21673 21675 21682 21742 21964 21983 21987 22001 22005 22008 22014 22016 22022) K. sp., K. limnetes, K. afarensis (21618)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania K. limnetes (21817 22594 22595)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) K. limnetes (21282 21286 21301 21303 21342 21354 21356) K. majus, K. limnetes (21345)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) K. limnetes (224655)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Algeria K. maroccanus (69723)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Morocco K. sp. (34286)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Eritrea (Buia) K. majus (193126)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya K. limnetes (21367 21370 21377 21378 21396 21402 21415 21448 21454 21456 21458 21462 21463 21464 21466 21472 21476 21495 21498 21500 21515 21532 22342 32051)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) K. limnetes (21350)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) K. limnetes/olduvaiensis, K. majus (22490) K. majus (22491) K. majus, K. limnetes (22492 22498) K. majus, K. limnetes, K. olduvaiensis (22494) K. majus, K. olduvaiensis (22493)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea (Afar Depression) K. sp., K. majus (22488)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Israel K. olduvaiensis (37024 37026) Metridiochoerus evronensis (34043)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania K. limnetes (22041 22064 22617 22627 22628) K. olduvaiensis (22466 22620) K. sp., K. limnetes (21970)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) K. limnetes (22557 22582)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya K. limnetes (21368 21449 21455 21468 21514 21523 21526 21533)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) K. olduvaiensis (22499)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) K. limnetes (21294 21296 21343 21348 21360) K. majus, K. limnetes (21347)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia K. limnetes (22169) K. majus (22156) K. majus, K. limnetes (22177) K. olduvaiensis (22170) K. sp. (22138 22172) K. sp., K. limnetes (22134)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya K. majus (22272)