Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Megachoerus praecursor

Osteichthyes - Entelodontidae

Taxonomy
Megachoerus praecursor was named by Scott (1940).

It was recombined as Archaeotherium praecursor by Storer (1996); it was synonymized subjectively with Megachoerus zygomaticus by Effinger (1998).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2017-05-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Megachoerus praecursor Scott p. 435 figs. Plate XLI, Fig. 2
1996Archaeotherium praecursor Storer

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyEntelodontoideaLydekker 1883
familyEntelodontidaeLydekker 1883
genusMegachoerus
speciespraecursor

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.

†Megachoerus praecursor Scott 1940
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available