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Megachoerus

Osteichthyes - Entelodontidae

Taxonomy
Megachoerus was named by Troxell (1920).

It was synonymized subjectively with Archaeotherium by Storer (1996).

It was assigned to Entelodontidae by Troxell (1920), Scott (1940), Carroll (1988), Effinger (1998), Vislobokova (2008).

Species
M. latidens, M. praecursor, M. zygomaticus
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2017-05-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Megachoerus Troxell
1940Megachoerus Scott p. 431 figs. Plate XLI
1988Megachoerus Carroll
1998Megachoerus Effinger p. 378
2008Megachoerus Vislobokova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyEntelodontoideaLydekker 1883
familyEntelodontidaeLydekker 1883
genusMegachoerus

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. †Megachoerus Troxell 1920
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†Megachoerus latidens Troxell 1920
†Megachoerus praecursor Scott 1940
†Megachoerus zygomaticus Troxell 1920
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available