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Boochoerus angustus

Mammalia - Entelodontidae

Taxonomy
Boochoerus angustus was named by Loomis (1932). Its type specimen is Amherst College Museum 31-105, a set of postcrania (two almost complete front feet), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boochoerus angustus type locality, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in South Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Boochoerus angustus Loomis p. 360

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyEntelodontoideaLydekker 1883
familyEntelodontidaeLydekker 1883
genusBoochoerus
speciesangustus

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.

†Boochoerus angustus Loomis 1932
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Diagnosis
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