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Metridiochoerus
Taxonomy
Metridiochoerus was named by Hopwood (1926). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Suidae by White and Harris (1977), Carroll (1988); to Phacochoerini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Suinae by Bishop (2010).
It was assigned to Suidae by White and Harris (1977), Carroll (1988); to Phacochoerini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Suinae by Bishop (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Metridiochoerus Hopwood p. 267 |
| 1932 | Tapinochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen |
| 1977 | Metridiochoerus White and Harris p. 13 |
| 1988 | Metridiochoerus Carroll |
| 1997 | Metridiochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 396 |
| 2010 | Metridiochoerus Bishop p. 844 |
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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. †Metridiochoerus Hopwood 1926
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†Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
†Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
†Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Leakey 1958
†Metridiochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
†Metridiochoerus shawi Dale 1948
Invalid names: Tapinochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available