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Taxonomy
Pronotochoerus shawi was named by Dale (1948).
It was recombined as Potamochoeroides shawi by Ewer (1958); it was recombined as Metridiochoerus shawi by Lazagabaster et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Potamochoeroides shawi by Ewer (1958); it was recombined as Metridiochoerus shawi by Lazagabaster et al. (2018).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1948 | Pronotochoerus shawi Dale |
| 1958 | Potamochoeroides shawi Ewer |
| 2018 | Metridiochoerus shawi Lazagabaster et al. |
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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.
†Metridiochoerus shawi Dale 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | Potamochoeroides shawi (22340) |