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Neochoerus sulcidens

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
N. aesopi (syn. Hydrochoerus holmesi, Hydrochoerus robustus), N. pinckneyi, N. sirasakae
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. occidentalis, N. pickneyi, N. pinkneyi, N. tarijensis

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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()
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
speciessulcidens

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene (glacial)2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Neochoerus sulcidens (140474)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Neochoerus sulcidens (211842)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Neochoerus sulcidens (71303)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Neochoerus sulcidens (136498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Neochoerus sulcidens (136420)