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Propotamochoerus

Osteichthyes - Suidae

Taxonomy
Propotamochoerus was named by Pilgrim (1925). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Suidae by Carroll (1988); and to Potamochoerini by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
P. devauxi, P. hysudricus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. hysudriscus, P. palaeochoerus, P. provincialis, P. salinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Propotamochoerus Pilgrim p. 207
1988Propotamochoerus Carroll
1997Propotamochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 395

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilySuinaeGray 1821
tribePotamochoeriniGray 1873
genusPropotamochoerusPilgrim 1925

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. †Propotamochoerus Pilgrim 1925
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†Propotamochoerus devauxi Arambourg 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:08:25
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the MN 15 or 13.82000 to 3.55000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Pakistan (Punjab) P. salinus (13472)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Nyanzachoerus devauxi (35277)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Myanmar P. hysudricus (110965)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Tunisia Propotamochoerus indet. (65170)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Algeria P. devauxi (31185)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Thailand (Nakorn Ratchasima) P. hysudricus (67172)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) P. salinus (13473 13474)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) P. sp. (207135)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) P. sp. (144187)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Nyanzachoerus devauxi (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia Nyanzachoerus devauxi (22139)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) P. palaeochoerus (75481)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Makedonia Thraki) P. sp. (157582)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) P. provincialis (40758)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Euboea) P. sp. (207133)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Macedonia) P. hysudricus (73553)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) P. provincialis (144566)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Nyanzachoerus devauxi (22242)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Georgia P. provincialis (40392)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Ukraine P. provincialis (50913)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) P. provincialis (40394)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Moldova P. provincialis (50918 50935)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India (Jammu) P. hysudriscus (51101)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Myanmar (Magway Division) P. hysudricus (75078)