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Hyotherium

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Hyotherium was named by von Meyer (1834). It is not extant. Its type is Hyotherium soemmeringi. It is the type genus of Hyotheriinae.

It was assigned to Suidae by Carroll (1988) and Weidmann and Ginsburg (1999); and to Hyotheriinae by Hay (1902), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Liping et al. (2002) and Orliac et al. (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Hyotherium von Meyer
1902Hyotherium Hay p. 656
1988Hyotherium Carroll
1991Hypotherium Ginsburg et al. p. 31
1997Hyotherium McKenna and Bell p. 394
1999Hyotherium Weidmann and Ginsburg p. 223
2001Hyotherium Sach and Heizmann p. 35
2002Hyotherium Liping et al. p. 156
2006Hyotherium Orliac et al. p. 688

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilyHyotheriinaeCope 1888
genusHyotheriumvon Meyer 1834

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. †Hyotherium von Meyer 1834
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†Hyotherium lacaeillei Orliac et al. 2006
†Hyotherium major Pomel 1847
†Hyotherium meissneri von Meyer 1850
†Hyotherium platyops Cope 1881
†Hyotherium shanwangense Liping et al. 2002
†Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834
Invalid names: Hypotherium Ginsburg et al. 1991 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:08:25
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Tortonian or 33.90000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) H. sp. (78520)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany H. soemmeringi (70361 70362)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) H. meisnieri, H. meisneri, H. major (35750)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Jiangsu) Listriodon sp. (41812)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) H. penisulus (43398) H. shanwangense (195438)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) H. soemmeringi, H. meissneri (49102) H. sp. (69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Switzerland H. sp. (69539)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) H. soemmeringi (106003)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France H. soemmeringi (187580)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France H. soemmeringi (142146)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Moravia) H. sp. (200140)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.65France H. soemmeringi (94801 191822 191823 191827 191829)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrenees) H. lacaillei (136919)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) H. soemmeringi (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) H. soemmeringi (69106)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) H. soemmeringi (31316)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France H. soemmeringi (90354 148401)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Portugal (Lisbon) H. soemmeringi (35984 35986 35987 35990 35991 35995)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) H. soemmeringi (45604) H. sp. (45613)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) H. soemmeringi (148396)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Portugal (Região Centro) H. soemmeringi (136334)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) H. sp. (46285)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) H. soemmeringi (32072)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) H. soemmerringi (46225)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany H. soemmeringi (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) H. soemmeringi (175727)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) H. soemmeringi (31775)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Jiangsu) H. paleochoerus (42249)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Pakistan (Sind) H. chinjiense (71440)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) H. sp. (45603)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) H. soemeringi (69711)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia H. soemeringi (69712)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) H. soemmerringi (46277)
MN 7 + 8 - MN 912.75 - 9.7Thailand H. pilgrimi (71580)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) H. soemmeringi (39679)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Austria (Niederösterreich) H. palaeochoerus (45042 45043)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) H. sp., H. palaeochoerus (11798)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) H. sp. (39709)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) Suide sp. (176268)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey H. sommeringi (56563)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) H. sp. (44220 44222 44223) H. sp., H. palaeochoerus (44221)