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Nyanzachoerus pattersoni

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
N. jaegeri, N. kanamensis, N. khinzir, N. nakaliensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. australis, N. plicatus, N. tulotos

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
genusNyanzachoerusLeakey 1958
speciespattersoni

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: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Nyanzachoerus pattersoni (22135)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Nyanzachoerus pattersoni (21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Nyanzachoerus pattersoni (22234)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Nyanzachoerus pattersoni (22239)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Nyanzachoerus pattersoni (21756 21758 21781 21783 21785)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya Nyanzachoerus pattersoni (22238)