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Dicotyles
Taxonomy
Dicotyles was named by Cuvier (1817) [genotype Dicotyles labiatus Cuvier, a synonym of Tayassu pecari]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Perchoerus (Dicotyles) by Marsh (1893); it was synonymized subjectively with Tayassu by Palmer (1897), Hay (1902), Miller (1912), Wilson and Reeder (1993).
It was assigned to Suina by Gray (1825); to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); to Pachydermata by Leidy (1860); to Suidae by Leidy (1873); to Perchoerus by Marsh (1893); and to Tayassuinae by Wright (1998).
It was reranked as Perchoerus (Dicotyles) by Marsh (1893); it was synonymized subjectively with Tayassu by Palmer (1897), Hay (1902), Miller (1912), Wilson and Reeder (1993).
It was assigned to Suina by Gray (1825); to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); to Pachydermata by Leidy (1860); to Suidae by Leidy (1873); to Perchoerus by Marsh (1893); and to Tayassuinae by Wright (1998).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1817 | Dicotyles Cuvier |
| 1825 | Dicotyles Gray p. 343 |
| 1848 | Dicotyles Owen p. 139 |
| 1860 | Dicotyles Leidy p. 108 |
| 1871 | Dicotyles hesperius Marsh p. 42 |
| 1873 | Dicotyles Leidy p. 319 |
| 1879 | Chaenohyus hesperius Cope |
| 1884 | Dicotyles hesperius Cope and Wortman |
| 1885 | Dicotyles hesperius Wilckens |
| 1893 | Perchoerus (Dicotyles) Marsh p. 411 |
| 1899 | Dicotyles hesperius Stehlin |
| 1902 | Tayassu hesperius Hay p. 659 |
| 1938 | Tayassu hesperius Colbert |
| 1969 | Cynorca hesperia Woodburne p. 304 |
| 1998 | Dicotyles Wright p. 395 |
| 2012 | Waldochoerus Frailey and Campbell |
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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. Dicotyles Cuvier 1817
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†Dicotyles major Lund 1841
†Dicotyles platensis Ameghino 1904
†Dicotyles torquatus Cope 1867
†Dicotyles traunmulleri Spillman 1949
Invalid names: Dicotyles hesperius Marsh 1871 [nomen dubium], Waldochoerus Frailey and Campbell 2012 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | USA (Oregon) | Cynorca hesperia (18959) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia | D. major (142016) |