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Metridiochoerus

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Metridiochoerus was named by Hopwood (1926). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Suidae by White and Harris (1977), Carroll (1988); to Phacochoerini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Suinae by Bishop (2010).

Species
M. andrewsi, M. compactus, M. hopwoodi, M. modestus, M. shawi
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. jacksoni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Metridiochoerus Hopwood p. 267
1932Tapinochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen
1977Metridiochoerus White and Harris p. 13
1988Metridiochoerus Carroll
1997Metridiochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 396
2010Metridiochoerus Bishop p. 844

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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
genusMetridiochoerusHopwood 1926

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. †Metridiochoerus Hopwood 1926
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†Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
†Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
†Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Leakey 1958
†Metridiochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
†Metridiochoerus shawi Dale 1948
Invalid names: Tapinochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 [synonym]
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, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (206 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia M. jacksoni (21616 21754 21755)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) M. andrewsi (70907)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa M. sp. (21791)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya M. andrewsi (21399) M. andrewsi, M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (21369)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi M. andrewsi (22324 22327) M. compactus (22323 22326)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa M. jacksoni (22106 22346)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa M. andrewsi (21960)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia M. andrewsi (22560 22564 22568)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia M. jacksoni (22136 22197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa Potamochoeroides shawi (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia M. andrewsi (97499)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia M. jacksoni (21600 21608 21638)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) M. andrewsi (21344)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) M. andrewsi (21289 21293) M. andrewsi, M. hopwoodi (21352) M. andrewsi, M. modestus (21292) M. andrewsi, M. modestus, M. compactus (21291) M. hopwoodi (21288)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Tapinochoerus meadowsi (22334)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia M. jacksoni (21553 21554 21555 21557 21559 21566 21567 21580 21582 21584 21585 21593 21595 21596 21604 21618 21625 21626 21627 21628 21632 21633 21652 21655 21656 21657 21658 21661 21663 21666 21667 21673 21683 21751 21965 21966 21987 21994 21998 21999 22000 22003 22006 22010 22011 22015 22022 22023 22026) M. jacksoni, M. modestus (21986) M. jacksoni, M. sp., M. andrewsi (21621)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya M. andrewsi (21376 21398 21401 21410 21420 21461 21474 21475 21477 21478 21503 21504) M. andrewsi, M. hopwoodi (21471) M. andrewsi, M. modestus (21457)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania M. jacksoni (22595)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) M. andrewsi (21280 21283 21286 21301 21342 21345 21353) M. compactus (21300) M. hopwoodi (21303)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa M. andrewsi, Tapinochoerus meadowsi (21824)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Tanzania M. compactus (21974)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya M. andrewsi (21378 21396 21411 21415 21422 21454 21467 21498 21502 32051 32053) M. andrewsi, M. compactus (21367 21463 21495 21521) M. andrewsi, M. hopwoodi (21370 21402 21413 21462 21472 21476 21532) M. andrewsi, M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (21458) M. andrewsi, M. modestus, M. hopwoodi (21515) M. andrewsi, M. modestus, M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (21464) M. compactus (21445) M. sp. (22342 32079)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) M. andrewsi (22492 22496) M. andrewsi, M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (22498) M. hopwoodi (22490) M. modestus (22497) M. modestus, M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (22491 22494)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) M. andrewsi, M. compactus (21350)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Djibouti M. andrewsi, M. hopwoodi (22482) M. compactus (22484)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Tapinochoerus meadowsi (21825 21828 21829)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya M. andrewsi (38039) M. andrewsi, M. hopwoodi (22268 22270) M. jacksoni, M. andrewsi (22269) M. sp. (21837 21838 21842 21843 21849)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Tapinochoerus meadowsi (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya M. andrewsi (21526 32058 32060 32077 32085) M. andrewsi, M. compactus (21520) M. andrewsi, M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (21523) M. compactus (21403 21455 21491 21525 21533 21534) M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (21368 21468 21514) M. modestus, M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (21449) M. sp. (32111) M. sp., M. compactus (21833)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) M. compactus (22557 22582)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania M. compactus (21971 22614 22618 22620 22623 22627) M. modestus, M. compactus (21970 22041 22064) M. sp. (22628)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria M. compactus (22584)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (22499)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa M. andrewsi (21961) M. meadowsi (21928)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) M. compactus (21294 21296 21297 21298 21343 21351) M. hopwoodi, M. compactus (21348) M. modestus, M. compactus (21347)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia M. jacksoni (22134 22177)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Tapinochoerus sp. (22276)