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Taxonomy
Megalochoerus was named by Picford (1993).
It was assigned to Kubanochoerinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Pickford (2007) and Bishop (2010).
It was assigned to Kubanochoerinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Pickford (2007) and Bishop (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Megalochoerus Picford |
| 1997 | Megalochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 394 |
| 2007 | Megalochoerus Pickford p. 88 |
| 2010 | Megalochoerus Bishop p. 837 |
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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. †Megalochoerus Picford 1993
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†Megalochoerus humongous Pickford 1993
†Megalochoerus khinzikebirus Wilkinson 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MN 2 | Pakistan (Balochistan) | M. humungous (77777) | |
| Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Libycochoerus khinzikebirus (21338 21339) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Libycochoerus khinzikebirus (22070 22077) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | M. khinzikebirus (74559) |