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Neochoerus pinckneyi

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Hydrochoerus pinckneyi was named by Hay (1926). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Neochoerus pinckneyi by Hay (1926), Hay (1927), Hay (1928), Simpson (1929), Simpson (1930), Kraglievich (1930), Simpson (1932), Gut (1939), Gazin (1950), Ray (1957), Ray (1958), Alvarez (1969), Webb (1974), Mones (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Mones (1984), Hulbert and Pratt (1998), Albright et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. occidentalis, N. pickneyi, N. pinkneyi, N. sulcidens, N. tarijensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Hydrochoerus pinckneyi Hay
1926Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay
1926Hydrochoerus pinckneyi Hay p. 5 figs. Plate 1. tig. 2: plate (J, tig. 2; plate 7. fig. 2
1927Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay
1928Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay
1929Neochoerus pinckneyi Simpson
1930Neochoerus pinckneyi Kraglievich
1930Neochoerus pinckneyi Simpson
1932Neochoerus pinckneyi Simpson
1939Neochoerus pinckneyi Gut
1950Neochoerus pinckneyi Gazin
1957Neochoerus pinckneyi Ray
1958Neochoerus pinckneyi Ray
1969Neochoerus pinckneyi Alvarez
1974Neochoerus pinckneyi Webb
1975Neochoerus pinckneyi Mones
1980Neochoerus pinckneyi Kurten and Anderson p. 274
1984Neochoerus pinckneyi Mones
1998Neochoerus pinckneyi Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt
2019Neochoerus pinckneyi Albright et al. p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyCaviidae
subfamilyHydrochoerinae(Gill 1872)
genusNeochoerus
speciespinckneyi()

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: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:33:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Neochoerus pinckneyi (156789)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Neochoerus pinckneyi (65405)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Neochoerus pinckneyi (20440)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Neochoerus pinckneyi (79757 206985)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Neochoerus pinckneyi (20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Neochoerus pinckneyi (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Neochoerus pinckneyi (20581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Neochoerus pinckneyi (74292 154773 154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Neochoerus pinckneyi (79923 80230 80232 206989)