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Palaeochoerus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Palaeochoerus was named by Pomel (1847). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Palaeochoeridae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Perchoerus by Prothero (2009) and Prothero (2021).

It was assigned to Palaeochoerinae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and van der Made (1997); to Suoidea by Boisserie et al. (2010); and to Tayassuidae by Carroll (1988) and Becker et al. (2010).

Species
P. gergovianus, P. minus, P. platyops, P. pusilus, P. typus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. pascoei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Palaeochoerus Pomel p. 381
1988Palaeochoerus Carroll
1997Palaeochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 393
1997Palaeochoerus van der Made p. 135
2010Palaeochoerus Becker et al.
2010Palaeochoerus Boisserie et al. p. 329

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
genusPalaeochoerusPomel 1847

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. †Palaeochoerus Pomel 1847
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†Palaeochoerus gergovianus De Blainville 1846
†Palaeochoerus minus Gope Posse 1972
†Palaeochoerus pusilus Ginsburg 1974
†Palaeochoerus typus Pomel 1847
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MP 29 to the top of the Tortonian or 28.40000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Angola (Cabinda) P. sp. (56682)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) P. typus (200439)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) P. condoni (180202)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03France (Aquitaine) P. gergovianus (37208)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) P. pusillus (182805)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India P. sp. (87485)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) P. typus (35750)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) P. pascoei (41810 43397)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) P. dartevellei, P. sp. (122454)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) P. aurelianensis (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrenees) Chicochoerus minus (136919)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Pakistan (Punjab) P. perimensis (13472)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Pakistan (Minanwali) P. sp. (13489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) P. perimensis (13473)