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Protohydrochoerinae
Taxonomy
Protohydrochoeridae was named by Kraglievich (1930). It is not extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Protohydrochoerinae by Prado et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Rusconi (1934); and to Hydrochoeridae by Prado et al. (1998).
It was reranked as the subfamily Protohydrochoerinae by Prado et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Rusconi (1934); and to Hydrochoeridae by Prado et al. (1998).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Protohydrochoeridae Kraglievich |
| 1934 | Protohydrochoeridae Rusconi p. 21 |
| 1998 | Protohydrochoerinae Prado et al. p. 796 |
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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.
Subfm. †Protohydrochoerinae Kraglievich 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Nothydrochoerus fontanai (213138) |