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Taxonomy
Koiropotamus majus was named by Hopwood (1934).
It was recombined as Kolpochoerus majus by Harris and White (1979), Geraads et al. (2004) and Bishop (2010).
It was recombined as Kolpochoerus majus by Harris and White (1979), Geraads et al. (2004) and Bishop (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Koiropotamus majus Hopwood |
| 1979 | Kolpochoerus majus Harris and White |
| 2004 | Kolpochoerus majus Geraads et al. p. 183 |
| 2010 | Kolpochoerus majus 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.
†Kolpochoerus majus Hopwood 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Kolpochoerus majus (22207) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Uganda | Kolpochoerus majus (22212) | |
| Gelasian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Kolpochoerus majus (21345) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Eritrea (Buia) | Kolpochoerus majus (193126) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Kolpochoerus majus (22490 22491 22492 22493 22494 22498) | |
| Pleistocene | Eritrea (Afar Depression) | Kolpochoerus majus (22488) | |
| Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Kolpochoerus majus (21347) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Kolpochoerus majus (22272) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ethiopia | Kolpochoerus majus (22156 22177) |