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Neochoerus sirasakae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Prohydrochoerus sirasakae was named by Spillmann (1941). Its type specimen is EPN V. 1120, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Neochoerus sirasakae by Hoffstetter (1952).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. tarijensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Prohydrochoerus sirasakae Spillmann pp. 198-201 fig. 1
1952Neochoerus sirasakae Hoffstetter p. 127

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyCaviidae
subfamilyHydrochoerinae(Gill 1872)
genusNeochoerus
speciessirasakae(Spillmann 1941)

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.

†Neochoerus sirasakae Spillmann 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available