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Neochoerus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Caviidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Oromys Leidy p. 241
1926Neochoerus Hay
1941Prohydrochoerus Spillmann
1980Neochoerus Kurten and Anderson p. 274
1997Neochoerus McKenna and Bell
1998Neochoerus Prado et al. p. 796
2019Neochoerus Albright et al. p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyCaviidae
subfamilyHydrochoerinae(Gill 1872)
genusNeochoerus

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. †Neochoerus Hay 1926
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†Neochoerus aesopi Leidy 1853
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Invalid names: Hydrochoerus holmesi Simpson 1928 [synonym], Hydrochoerus robustus Leidy 1886 [synonym]
†Neochoerus sirasakae Spillmann 1941
Invalid names: Oromys Leidy 1853 [synonym], Prohydrochoerus Spillmann 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:33:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 3.60000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) N. sp. (19645)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Hydrochoerus holmesi (19752)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Guanajuato) N. sp. (20077 70113)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Sonora) Hydrocoeridae neochoerus (20322)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) N. sp. (199160)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Hydrochoerus holmesi (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Mexico (Jalisco) N. occidentalis (189787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) N. sp. (19750)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) N. sp., N. pinkneyi (188304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) N. tarijensis (70673)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Colombia (Boyacá) Hydrochoerinae indet. (146529)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Texas) N. pinckneyi (156789)
Pleistocene (glacial)2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) N. sulcidens (140474)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) N. sp. (20285)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) N. pinckneyi (65405)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Nicaragua Hydrochoerus robustus (86959)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) N. sp. (63884)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru N. sp. (89798)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) N. sulcidens (211842)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Hydrochoerus holmesi (104698)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Hydrochoerus holmesi (20289) N. pinckneyi (20520) N. sp. (20145)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Carolina) Hydrochoerus holmesi (80087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) N. tarijensis (63335)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Carolina) Hydrochoerus holmesi (80227 80229)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Peru (La Libertad) N. sp. (145505)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) N. sulcidens (71303) N. tarijensis (198875)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Peru (Piura) N. sp. (145500)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay N. aesopi (71325) N. sp. (71274)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Hydrochoerus holmesi (79760) N. pinckneyi (79757 206985)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Texas) N. pickneyi (225289)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Hydrochoerus holmesi (20491) N. pinckneyi (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama (Herrera) N. robustus (71278)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Hydrochoerus holmesi, N. pinckneyi (79923 80230) N. pinckneyi (80232 206989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) N. pinckneyi (20581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) N. sp. (74470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala ( Zacapa) N. sp. (189381)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) N. pinckneyi (20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) N. sulcidens (136498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Hydrochoerus holmesi (80231)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru N. sp. (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) N. pinckneyi (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) N. sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Hydrochoerus holmesi (20638) N. pinckneyi (74292 154773 154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117El Salvador N. sp. (190752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador (Santa Elena) N. sirasakae (133630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (El Petén) N. sp. (189383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) N. sulcidens (136420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) N. sp. (212448 212449)