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Tedfordhyus occidentalis

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Cynorca occidentale was named by Woodburne (1969). Its type specimen is F:AM 73660, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tedfordhyus.

It was recombined as Tedfordhyus occidentalis by Prothero (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cynorca occidentale Woodburne p. 305
2021Tedfordhyus occidentalis Prothero p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
genusTedfordhyus
speciesoccidentalis()

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.

†Tedfordhyus occidentalis Woodburne 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 16.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean - Barstovian29.5 - 12.5Panama Cynorca occidentale (106005)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Cynorca occidentale (19426)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama Cynorca occidentale (18725 89444 105889)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Cynorca occidentale (19217)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Cynorca occidentale (19460 19598) Tayassuidae indet. (19392)