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Taxonomy
Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis was named by Rusconi (1949). Its type specimen is n. 556, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Villa Ballester, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in Argentina.
It was recombined as Hydrochoerus ballesterensis by Mones and Ojasti (1986).
It was recombined as Hydrochoerus ballesterensis by Mones and Ojasti (1986).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1949 | Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis Rusconi |
| 1954 | Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis Rusconi |
| 1986 | Hydrochoerus ballesterensis Mones and Ojasti p. 1 |
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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.
†Hydrochoerus ballesterensis Rusconi 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Gingerich 2003 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis (type locality: 53926 213138) |