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Afrochoerodon

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae

Taxonomy
Afrochoerodon was named by Picford (2001). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Choerolophodontinae by Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005) and Sanders et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Afrochoerodon Picford
2002Afrochoerodon Sanders and Miller p. 395
2005Afrochoerodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2010Afrochoerodon Sanders et al. p. 203

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyChoerolophodontidae(Gaziry 1976)
genusAfrochoerodonPicford 2001

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. †Afrochoerodon Picford 2001
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Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Picford 2001
Afrochoerodon zaltaniensis Pickford 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Serravallian or 16.90000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt A. kisumuensis (53970)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya Choerolophodon kisumuensis (22303)