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Choeropotamus

Osteichthyes - Choeropotamidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Chaeropotamus Desmarest
1825Chaeropotamus Gray p. 342
1844Chaeropotamus Owen p. 226
1848Chaeropotamus Owen p. 139
1986Choeropotamus Hooker p. 409
1988Choeropotamus Carroll
1997Choeropotamus McKenna and Bell p. 392
2000Choeropotamus Sudre and Lecomte p. 417
2004Choeropotamus Neave
2007Choeropotamus Erfurt and Metais p. 62

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyChoeropotamoidea
familyChoeropotamidaeOwen 1845
genusChoeropotamus(Desmarest 1822)

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.

G. †Choeropotamus Desmarest 1822
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†Choeropotamus affinis Gervais 1852
†Choeropotamus depereti Stehlin 1908
†Choeropotamus sudrei Casanovas-Cladellas 1975
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland C. depereti (31742)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) C. lautricensis (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) C. lautricensis (31634)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) C. parisiensis (31737)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. parisiensis (9074)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) C. sudrei (31756)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) C. depereti (12849)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) C. depereti (31724) C. parisiensis (31738) C. sudrei (31758 31760)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland C. depereti (31743)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. parisiensis (31608 184759)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) C. parisiensis (31747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain C. sudrei (31750)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) C. parisiensis (31744)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) C. parisiensis (31739)