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Perchoerus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy

Perchoerus was named by Leidy (1869). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hyotheriinae by Hay (1902); to Tayassuinae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Boisserie et al. (2005); to Suinamorpha by Spaulding et al. (2009); and to Tayassuidae by Leidy (1869), Scott (1940), Carroll (1988), Wright (1998), Prothero (2009), Albright et al. (2019) and Prothero (2021).

Species

P. minor, P. nanus, P. probus (syn. Thinohyus robustus, Chaenohyus decedens, Palaeochoerus subaequans, Hyotherium americanum, Bothrolabis trichaenus, Thinohyus trichaenus), Thinohyus (Bothrolabis) osmonti

Synonyms

Chaenohyus was named by Cope (1879).

It was synonymized subjectively with Thinohyus by Sinclair (1905); it was considered a nomen dubium by Wright (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Perchoerus by Cope and Matthew (1915), Pearson (1923), Prothero (2009) and Prothero (2021).

It was assigned to Hyotheriinae by Hay (1902); to Tayassuidae by Cope (1879) and Carroll (1988); and to Tayassuinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Bothrolabis was named by Cope (1888).

It was reranked as Thinohyus (Bothrolabis) by Sinclair (1905) and Peterson (1906); it was synonymized subjectively with Perchoerus by Cope and Matthew (1915), Pearson (1923), Hay (1930), Prothero (2009) and Prothero (2021).

It was assigned to Dicotylinae by Cope (1888); to Hyotheriinae by Hay (1902); and to Thinohyus by Sinclair (1905) and Peterson (1906).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Perchoerus Leidy
1879	Chaenohyus Cope
1888	Bothrolabis Cope p. 66
1902	Perchoerus Hay p. 657
1902	Bothrolabis Hay p. 658
1902	Chaenohyus Hay p. 658
1905	Thinohyus (Bothrolabis) Sinclair p. 134
1906	Thinohyus (Bothrolabis) Peterson p. 306
1940	Perchoerus Scott p. 493
1988	Chaenohyus Carroll
1988	Perchoerus Carroll
1997	Chaenohyus McKenna and Bell p. 397
1997	Perchoerus McKenna and Bell p. 397
1998	Perchoerus Wright p. 394
2005	Perchoerus Boisserie et al.
2009	Perchoerus Prothero p. 510
2009	Perchoerus Spaulding et al.
2019	Perchoerus Albright et al. p. 188
2021	Perchoerus Prothero p. 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
superfamily	Suoidea
—	Suina	(Gray 1868)
family	Tayassuidae
genus	Perchoerus	Leidy 1869

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. †Perchoerus Leidy 1869

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†Perchoerus minor Cook 1922

†Perchoerus nanus Marsh 1894

†Perchoerus probus Leidy 1856

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Invalid names: Bothrolabis trichaenus Cope 1879 [synonym], Chaenohyus decedens Cope 1879 [synonym], Hyotherium americanum Scott and Osborn 1887 [synonym], Palaeochoerus subaequans Cope 1879 [synonym], Thinohyus robustus Marsh 1894 [synonym], Thinohyus trichaenus Cope 1879 [synonym]

Invalid names: Bothrolabis Cope 1888 [synonym], Chaenohyus Cope 1879 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
D. R. Prothero 2009	Smaller peccaries (Ml-3 length = 30-47 mm) with well-developed sagittal crests, and relatively brachycephalic, gracile skulls with less robust occiput and zygomatic arches compared to Thinohyus; no diastemata between canines and first premolars; M3 relatively short anteroposteriorly compared to M3 of Thinohyus due to relatively small posterior cingulum and lack of a postero-intemal heel.

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Geringian or 37.20000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Rupelian	41.3 - 28.1	Mexico (Oaxaca)	P. probus (166797)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Wyoming)	P. minor (16986)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (South Dakota)	P. minor (16885 16937 16938)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Nebraska)	P. probus (16929)
Orellan	33.9 - 33.3	USA (Colorado)	P. nanus (84613)
Orellan	33.9 - 33.3	USA (South Dakota)	P. nanus (17094 17095 17141 17142 17174)
Whitneyan	33.3 - 30.8	USA (Oregon)	P. probus (17349)
Whitneyan	33.3 - 30.8	USA (South Dakota)	P. probus (17315)
Geringian	30.8 - 26.3	USA (South Dakota)	Chaenohyus decedens (17644)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	USA (South Carolina)	P. sp. (207000)