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Promerycochoerus (Desmatochoerus)
Taxonomy
Promerycochoerus (Desmatochoerus) was named by Thorpe (1921) [named as a subgenus of Promerycohoerus by Thorpe 1921 and treated as such by Thorpe 1937; raised to genus level]. It is the type subgenus of Desmatochoerinae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Eporeodon by Lander (1998); it was reranked as Desmatochoerus by Schultz and Falkenbach (1954), Stevens and Stevens (1996), Stevens and Stevens (2007), Stevens et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Promerycochoerus by Thorpe (1921); to Desmatochoerinae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1954); and to Promerycochoerinae by Stevens and Stevens (1996), Stevens and Stevens (2007), Stevens et al. (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Eporeodon by Lander (1998); it was reranked as Desmatochoerus by Schultz and Falkenbach (1954), Stevens and Stevens (1996), Stevens and Stevens (2007), Stevens et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Promerycochoerus by Thorpe (1921); to Desmatochoerinae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1954); and to Promerycochoerinae by Stevens and Stevens (1996), Stevens and Stevens (2007), Stevens et al. (2023).