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Potamochoerus

Mammalia - Suidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Choiropotamus Gray p. 281
1854Potamochoerus Gray p. 131
1977Potamochoerus White and Harris p. 13
1988Potamochoerus Carroll
1997Potamochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 395
2007Potamochoerus Funk et al. p. 429
2008Potamochoerus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2010Potamochoerus 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
genusPotamochoerus

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. Potamochoerus Gray 1854
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Invalid names: Choiropotamus pictus Gray 1852 [synonym]
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 [red river hog]
Invalid names: Choiropotamus Gray 1852 [replaced]
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, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Holocene or 8.72500 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246China (Yunnan) P. spp., P. salinus (11798)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya P. sp. (22241)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Chalkidona) P. hyotheriodes (195489)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09China (Yunnan) P. sp. (44219 44220 44221 44222 44223 44224)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya P. sp. (22242)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi (Northern) P. sp. (226065)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) P. porcus (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi P. porcus (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Congo-Kinshasa P. porcus (22198)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya P. porcus (21439)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya P. porcus (22267)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi P. shawi (22323)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Taiwan (N/A) P. sp. (209003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India (Panjab) P. sp. (51104) P. theobaldi (51106)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya P. porcus (21482 21540)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania P. porcus (21807 21818)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) P. sp. (21288)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) P. sp. (21283)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Spain (Granada) P. sp. (77773)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania P. infermedius (22594)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Guanxi) P. nodosarius (230994)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa P. porcus (21695 21916)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya P. porcus (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa P. porcus (21948 21949 21951 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa P. porcus (22074 22099 22103)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia P. sp. (21854)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya P. porcus (21276 22272) P. sp. (22276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa P. sp., P. porcus (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) P. porcus (32115)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) P. porcus (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa P. porcus (96974)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) P. porcus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia P. porcus (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa P. porcus (21917 21918 21930 96973)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) P. larvatus (205190 205193)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya P. porcus (21938 22310)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland P. porcus (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa P. porcus (22067 22073) P. sp., P. porcus (22068)