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Floridachoerus
Taxonomy
Floridachoerus was named by White (1941).
It was synonymized subjectively with Desmathyus by Olsen (1962) and MacFadden and Webb (1982).
It was assigned to Tayassuidae by White (1941), Wright (1998) and Albright (1999); and to Hesperhyinae by Prothero (2015) and Prothero (2021).
It was synonymized subjectively with Desmathyus by Olsen (1962) and MacFadden and Webb (1982).
It was assigned to Tayassuidae by White (1941), Wright (1998) and Albright (1999); and to Hesperhyinae by Prothero (2015) and Prothero (2021).
Species
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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.
Diagnosis
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| D. R. Prothero 2015 | (Modi ed from Wright, 1991, 1998) A hesperhyine (as indicated by the narrow plesiochoanal fossa), having a P3 with a large lingual crescent in the protocone position, retaining the the broad pterygoid processes of the alisphenoid that join the palate at a high angle. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | USA (Texas) | Hesperhys pinensis (18663) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | F. olseni (18597) |