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Palaeochoerus minus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Palaeochoerus minus was named by Gope Posse (1972).

It was recombined as Aureliachoerus minus by Van der Made (1998); it was recombined as Chicochoerus minus by Orliac et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Palaeochoerus minus Gope Posse p. 117
1998Aureliachoerus minus Van der Made
2006Chicochoerus minus Orliac et al. p. 698

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
genusPalaeochoerusPomel 1847
speciesminusGope Posse 1972

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.

Palaeochoerus minus Gope Posse 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrenees) Chicochoerus minus (136919)