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Doliochoerinae

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Doliochoerinae was named by Simpson (1945). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeochoerinae by van der Made (1997).

It was assigned to Tayassuidae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Pickford and Morales (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Doliochoerinae Simpson
1997Doliochoerinae McKenna and Bell p. 398
1998Doliochoerinae Pickford and Morales p. 286

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyDoliochoerinaeSimpson 1945
subfamilyDoliochoerinaeSimpson 1945

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. †Doliochoerinae Simpson 1945
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Tr. †Doliochoerini Simpson 1945
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G. †Barberahyus Golpe-Posse 1977
G. †Pecarichoerus Colbert 1933
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†Pecarichoerus orientalis Colbert 1933
G. †Lorancahyus Pickford and Morales 1998
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†Lorancahyus daamsi Pickford and Morales 1998
†Lorancahyus hypsorhizus Pickford and Morales 1998
Invalid names: Schizochoerini Golpe-Posse 1972 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:10:33
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Zanclean or 33.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) Pecarichoerus sp. (78520)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain Lorancahyus daamsi (96054)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Jiangsu) Pecarichoerus sp. (42067)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) Schizochoerini indet. (21339)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Cainochoerus africanus (22139)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Cainochoerus africanus (22242)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Pecarichoerus africanus (22221 22222)