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Notochoerus

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Notochoerus was named by Broom (1925). It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Notochoerus Broom
1977Notochoerus White and Harris p. 13
1988Notochoerus Carroll
1997Notochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 393
2010Notochoerus Bishop p. 840

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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
subfamilyTetraconodontinaeLydekker 1886
genusNotochoerusBroom 1925

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. †Notochoerus Broom 1925
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†Notochoerus capensis Broom 1925
†Notochoerus clarkei Suwa and White 2004
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) N. capensis (21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya N. capensis (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) N. sp. (70907)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi N. sp. (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia N. sp., Suidae indet. (21754)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi N. capensis (22324)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia N. sp. (21600 21640 22037) N. sp., N. capensis (21608)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda N. sp. (22178)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania N. sp. (22595)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia N. sp. (21543 21562 21589 21610 21614 21621 21625 21626 21654 21657 21658 21671 21675 21742 21751 21983 21997 22006 22014 22023 22026)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) N. n. sp. (22492)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania N. compactus (22627) N. sp. (22628)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya N. sp. (22276)