Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Alternative combination: Neochoerus dichroplax
Synonyms: Neochoerus cordobai Carranza-Castaneda and Miller 1989, Neochoerus lancei Mones 1980
Full reference: M. E. Ahearn and J. F. Lance. 1980. A new species of Neochoerus (Rodentia: Hydrochoeridae) from the Blancan (Late Pliocene) of North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93(2):435-442
Belongs to Phugatherium according to M. G. Vucetich et al. 2015
See also Ahearn and Lance 1980, Albright et al. 2019 and Mones 1991
Sister taxa: Phugatherium cataclisticum, Phugatherium novum, Anchimysops radicei, Anchimysops dubius, Anchimysops villalobosi
Ecology: amphibious grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (2: Florida)
• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (7: Arizona, Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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