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Gerontochoerus

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Gerontochoerus was named by Leakey (1943). Its type is Gerontochoerus scotti.

It was assigned to Suidae by Leakey (1943).

Species
G. scotti (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Gerontochoerus Leakey p. 47

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
genusGerontochoerus

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. †Gerontochoerus Leakey 1943
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†Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943
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 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia Notochoerus scotti (21755)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Notochoerus scotti (22559)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Notochoerus scotti (22267)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Ethiopia Notochoerus scotti (21993)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Notochoerus scotti (22324 22327)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Notochoerus scotti (22560 22564)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Notochoerus scotti (22197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Notochoerus scotti (21601 21608)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Notochoerus scotti (21344)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Notochoerus scotti (21289)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Ethiopia G. scotti (195542)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Notochoerus scotti (21543 21553 21554 21561 21566 21571 21580 21588 21589 21594 21597 21602 21609 21610 21612 21619 21621 21625 21626 21631 21632 21633 21652 21671 21673 21741 21994 21998 21999 22001 22008 22009 22012 22015 22016 22017 22020 22022)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Notochoerus scotti (21376 21398 21410 21418 21420 21457 21461 21471 21474 21478 21486 21488 21503 21504)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Notochoerus scotti (21280 21282 21301 21305 21342 21345 21346 21353 21354 21355 21356)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Notochoerus scotti (21367 21396 21402 21462 21476)