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Hyotherium meissneri

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Hyotherium meissneri was named by von Meyer (1850).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. lacaillei, H. palaeochoerus, H. paleochoerus, H. pilgrimi, H. sommeringi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Hyotherium meissneri von Meyer

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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
subfamilyHyotheriinaeCope 1888
genusHyotheriumvon Meyer 1834
speciesmeissnerivon Meyer 1850

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.

†Hyotherium meissneri von Meyer 1850
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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: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the MN 2 or 20.45000 to 20.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) Hyotherium meisneri (35750)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hyotherium meissneri (49102)