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Taxonomy
Sivachoerus was named by Pilgrim (1926). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Suidae by Carroll (1988); and to Tetraconodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Suidae by Carroll (1988); and to Tetraconodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1926 | Sivachoerus Pilgrim |
| 1988 | Sivachoerus Carroll |
| 1997 | Sivachoerus McKenna and Bell p. 393 |
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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.
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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Tunisia (Gafsa) | Nyanzachoerus syrticus (35277) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Nyanzachoerus syrticus (22241) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Nyanzachoerus syrticus (22139) | |
| Messinian | Kenya | S. tulotos (22307) S. tulotos, Nyanzachoerus syrticus (22274) | |
| Messinian | Chad | Nyanzachoerus syrticus (59839) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | Nyanzachoerus syrticus (22242) | |
| Zanclean | Ethiopia | Nyanzachoerus syrticus (21737) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt (Al Buhayrah) | S. sp. (42119) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt | S. sp. (22592) |