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Dyscritochoerus lapointensis

Mammalia - Helohyidae

Taxonomy
Dyscritochoerus lapointensis was named by Gazin (1956). Its type specimen is CM 11912, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Dyscritochoerus, Discritochoerus.

It was recombined as Discritochoerus lapointensis by Gazin (1956); it was synonymized subjectively with Brachyhyops wyomingensis by Emry (1981); it was misspelled as Discritochoerus lapointensis by Stucky (1998) and Foss (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Discritochoerus lapointensis Gazin
1956Dyscritochoerus lapointensis Gazin p. 26
1998Discritochoerus lapointensis Stucky p. 370
2007Dyscritochoerus lapointensis Foss pp. 87 - 88

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyHelohyidae
genusDyscritochoerus
specieslapointensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available