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Hippopotamodon

Mammalia - Suidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Hippopotamodon Lydekker
1926Dicoryphochoerus Pilgrim
1964Dicoryphochoerus Prasad p. 191
1967Dicoryphochoerus Prasad p. 191
1988Dicoryphochoerus Carroll
1988Limnostonyx Ginsburg
1997Hippopotamodon McKenna and Bell p. 395
2005Hippopotamodon Geraads et al. p. 534
2017Hippopotamodon Geraads

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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
genusHippopotamodonLydekker 1877

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. †Hippopotamodon Lydekker 1877
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Invalid names: Dicoryphochoerus meteai Ozansoy 1965 [synonym]
†Hippopotamodon erymanthius Roth and Wagner 1854
Invalid names: Dicoryphochoerus Pilgrim 1926 [synonym], Limnostonyx Ginsburg 1988 [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 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Gelasian or 11.62000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India Dicoryphochoerus fategadensis (87724)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Jammu and Kashmir) H. haydeni (11797)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Myanmar H. sivalense (110965)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Romania (Ilfov) H. sp. (199755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Himachal Pradesh) Dicoryphochoerus titan (13060)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Denizli) H. erymanthius (197642)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) Dicoryphochoerus robustus, Dicoryphochoerus haydeni, Dicoryphochoerus sp. (13473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) H. sp. (144187)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakorn Ratchasima) H. sivalense (67172)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Turkey (Thrace) H. antiquus (67661)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) H. major (157582)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (shaanxi) Dicoryphochoerus medius (42859)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Shanxi) Dicoryphochoerus sp. (42560)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Sus antiquus (48093)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Dicoryphochoerus ultimus (214689)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Italy (Lombardia) Sus antiquus (36376)