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Hesperhyinae

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Hesperhyinae Prothero p. 235
2021Hesperhyinae Prothero p. 9

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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
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyHesperhyinae
subfamilyHesperhyinae

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.

Subfm. †Hesperhyinae Prothero 2015
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G. †Desmathyus Matthew 1907
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†Desmathyus brachydontus Dalquest and Mooser 1980
†Desmathyus pinensis Matthew 1907
G. †Floridachoerus White 1941
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†Floridachoerus olseni White 1941
G. †Fremdohyus Prothero 2016
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†Fremdohyus osmonti Sinclair 1905
G. †Hesperhys Douglass 1903
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†Hesperhys antiquus Marsh 1870
†Hesperhys vagrans Douglass 1903
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Invalid names: Desmathyus validus Matthew 1932 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pediohyus Loomis 1910 [synonym]
G. †Lucashyus Prothero 2015
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†Lucashyus coombsae Prothero 2015
G. †Marshochoerus Prothero 2015
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†Marshochoerus socialis Marsh 1875
G. †Stuckyhyus Prothero 2015
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†Stuckyhyus siouxensis Peterson 1906
G. †Wrightohyus Prothero 2015
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†Wrightohyus yatkolai Prothero 2015
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero 2015As Wright (1991) discovered, the hesperhyines have a distinctive morphology in their nasal-choanal region (Fig. 2). Instead of the simple broad arcuate choanal margin of most mammals (Fig. 2A), the pterygoids fuse together and push the active choanal opening posteriorly to form a “neochoanal chamber”. The anterior choanal opening thus is left behind as the “plesiochoanal fossa” or “plesiochoanal chamber”. All hesperhyine fossils that adequately preserve this region have this unique plesiochoanal chamber, medially fused pterygoid bones, large pterygoid processes on the alisphenoid, and vertical processes on the palatine bones (see Wright, 1991, 1998).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:10:33
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Harrisonian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 24.80000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Pediohyus ferus (17822)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Fremdohyus osmonti (189088) Palaeochoerus socialis (180202) Thinohyus osmonti (189087)
early Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Hesperhys sp. (170307)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Cynorca sociale (18013)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Desmathyus sp. (11601)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Lucashyus coombsae (17854) Wrightohyus yatkolai (17839)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Hesperhys sp. (28043) Thinohyus siouxensis (17741)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Desmathyus pinensis (17745 17747 17748 17831)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (California) Hesperhys sp. (19485)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) Hesperhys sp., Cynorca sociale, Hesperhys pinensis (18663)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Cynorca sociale (18579)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Perchoerus antiquus (17910)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Wrightohyus yatkolai (17891)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Colorado) Hesperhys sp. (17965)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Cynorca sociale, Desmathyus pinensis, Desmathyus validus (18962) Desmathyus pinensis (18961)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Floridachoerus olseni (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Desmathyus pinensis (17912)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) Tayassuidae indet. (18626)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Desmathyus validus (18001)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Cynorca sociale (19478)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Hesperhys sp. (19327) Hesperhys vagrans (19356 19565 19616)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Hesperhys vagrans (18894)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Hesperhys sp. (19103)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Hesperhys sp. (17955) Hesperhys vagrans (17905 17985)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Desmathyus sp. (48884)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Hesperhyinae indet. (13408)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Catagonus brachydontus (18588)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) Catagonus brachydontus (18548)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Catagonus brachydontus (18577)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Protherohyus brachydontus (144596)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Hidalgo) Catagonus brachydontus (212307)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Zacatecas) Catagonus brachydontus (212341)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Jalisco) Catagonus brachydontus (189788 189790)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Catagonus brachydontus (18718)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Catagonus brachydontus (18076)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Catagonus brachydontus (18573 18595)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Catagonus brachydontus (18713 18740) Desmathyus brachydontus (18737)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Hidalgo) Catagonus brachydontus (20079)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Catagonus brachydontus (18500)