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Albanohyus

Osteichthyes - Suidae

Taxonomy
Albanohyus was named by Ginsburg (1974). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tayassuidae by Carroll (1988); and to Cainochoerinae by Bishop (2010).

Species
A. castellensis, A. pygmaeus
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. pigmeum, A. pigmeus, A. pygmaeum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Albanohyus Ginsburg
1988Albanohyus Carroll
2010Albanohyus Bishop p. 842

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilyCainochoerinaePickford 1995
genusAlbanohyusGinsburg 1974

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. †Albanohyus Ginsburg 1974
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†Albanohyus castellensis Golpe Posse 1977
†Albanohyus pygmaeus Deperet 1892
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 16.90000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Taucanamo pygmaeum (200296)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Centre) A. pigmeum (69116)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Slovakia A. pygmaeum (69712)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) A. pigmeus (54136)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Taucanamo pygmaeum (49421)