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Tayassu

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Tayassu Fischer
1897Tayassu Palmer p. 174
1902Tayassu Hay p. 659
1988Tayassu Carroll
1997Tayassu McKenna and Bell p. 398
1998Tayassu Wright p. 395
2005Tayassu Boisserie et al.
2006Tayassu Salles et al. p. 8
2008Tayassu Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2012Sylvochoerus Frailey and Campbell
2013Tayassu Gasparini p. 58
2017Tayassu Dutra et al. p. 353

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
tribeTayassuini
genusTayassuFischer 1814

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. Tayassu Fischer 1814
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†Tayassu edensis Frick 1921
Tayassu niger Allen 1913
Tayassu patira Fischer 1814
Tayassu pecari Link 1795 [white-lipped peccary]
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Invalid names: Sylvochoerus woodburnei Frailey and Campbell 2012 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sylvochoerus Frailey and Campbell 2012 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Depth of ramus below lower M3 height141.4
Depth of ramus below lower P2 height140.8
Depth, tip of coronoid process to inferior margin of ramus height189.5
Height of zygomatic arch above mid–tooth alveolar margin of upper M3 to lower ed height116.0

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:10:33
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 9.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.7 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Prosthennops edensis (19445)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Venezuela (Monagas) T. pecari (147081 204068) T. sp. (144977)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) T. pecari (236300) T. sp. (71301 71302)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela (Anzoátegui) T. pecari (204071)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) T. sp. (92814)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Piauí) T. sp. (211633)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Tayassu indet. (147815)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Acre) Sylvochoerus woodburnei (137876)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Peru (Ucayali) Sylvochoerus woodburnei (137877 137878 137880 137881 137882 137884)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Peru (Loreto) Sylvochoerus woodburnei (137879)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Bahia) T. pecari (71295)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. sp. (63335)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Colombia T. pecari (71291)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay (Salto) T. pecari (140159)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Corrientes) T. sp. (71290)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. pecari (71347)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) T. pecari (181869)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) T. pecari (113601)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) T. pecari (71331 71332 71334 71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina T. pecari (213470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) T. sp. (147598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) T. sp. (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcón) T. pecari (204069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) T. pecari (212448 212449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. pecari (191127)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) T. pecari (212719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Venezuela (Monagas) T. pecari (204070)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) T. sp. (71269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) T. pecari (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina T. sp. (93267)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama T. pecari (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru T. pecari (21689)