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Nyanzachoerus

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Nyanzachoerus was named by Leakey (1958). It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Nyanzachoerus Leakey p. 4
1977Nyanzachoerus White and Harris p. 13
1988Nyanzachoerus Carroll
1997Nyanzachoerus McKenna and Bell p. 393
2010Nyanzachoerus Bishop p. 838
2010Nyanzachoerus Orliac et al.

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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
genusNyanzachoerusLeakey 1958

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. †Nyanzachoerus Leakey 1958
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†Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971
†Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958
†Nyanzachoerus khinzir Boisserie et al. 2014
†Nyanzachoerus nakaliensis Tsubamoto et al. 2020
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, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Gelasian or 13.82000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Tanzania N. kanamensis (22155)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda N. jaegeri (22249 22254 22364 22365 22367 22369 22372 22374 22375 22378 22380 22381 22386 22400 22405 22412 22414 22426 22436) N. kanamensis, N. jaegeri (22373 22382 22383 22385 22399) N. tulotos (22427 22450)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya N. sp. (22292)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Kenya N. nakaliensis (219711)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Tunisia N. sp. (65170)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Algeria N. sp. (34642)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya N. tulotus (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Uganda N. jaegeri (22368 22376 22377)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Chad N. kanamensis (24181)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Kenya N. tulotos, N. jaegeri (22236)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia N. australis, N. sp. (22139) N. kanamensis (22179) N. tulotos (22158 22159)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya N. tulotos (22275 22316)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya N. syrticus tulotus, N. australis (22242)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania N. kanamensis (22042 22058 22063)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) N. sp. (59167)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya (Turkana District) N. tulotos, N. jaegeri (21332)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya N. syrticus tulotus, N. jaegeri (22237)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia N. kanamensis (22171) N. pattersoni (22135)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Senegal N. jaegeri (221108)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania N. kanamensis (22043 22044 22049)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa N. jaegeri (22222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya N. jaegeri (22277 22278) N. plicatus, N. pattersoni, N. sp. (22234) N. sp. (22338)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) N. plicatus (21335) N. plicatus, N. pattersoni, N. sp. (21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia N. jaegeri (22132 22137) N. kanamensis (21737 22133 22174 22175) N. kanamensis, N. jaegeri (22176)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia N. sp., N. kanamensis (21754 21755)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya N. kanamensis (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania N. kanamensis (22474 22475 22477)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi N. jaegeri (22328)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda N. kanamensis (22250)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya N. kanamensis (21434) N. pattersoni (22239) N. syrticus tulotus, N. australis, N. jaegeri (22235)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya N. kanamensis, N. jaegeri (22267)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi N. jaegeri (22325)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Langebaanweg) N. sp. (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Turkana District) N. plicatus (21334)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia N. jaegeri (22031) N. kanamensis (22030 22033) N. pattersoni (21756 21758 21781) N. pattersoni, N. kanamensis (21783 21785) N. sp. (22029) N. sp., N. kanamensis (21634)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Rift Valley) N. kanamensis (21308 21309 21310)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya N. kanamensis (21408 21424 21425 21481 21482)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Kenya N. kanamensis (21433)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya N. plicatus, N. pattersoni (22238)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya N. kanamensis (21488)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) N. kanamensis (21282 21283)