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Thinohyus lentus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy

Thinohyus lentus was named by Marsh (1875) [genotype].

It was recombined as Perchoerus lentus by Hay (1902), Matthew (1907), Cope and Matthew (1915), Pearson (1923) and Fremd (1994).

Synonyms

Dicotyles pristinus was named by Leidy (1873). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Palaeochoerus pristinus by Cope (1879); it was recombined as Bothrolabis pristinus by Cope (1888) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Thinohyus pristinus by Sinclair (1905); it was recombined as Perchoerus pristinus by Cope and Matthew (1915) and Pearson (1923); it was synonymized subjectively with Thinohyus lentus by Prothero (2009); it was synonymized subjectively with Perchoerus probus by Prothero (2021).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Dicotyles pristinus Leidy p. 216
1875	Thinohyus lentus Marsh p. 248
1879	Palaeochoerus pristinus Cope p. 58
1888	Bothrolabis pristinus Cope p. 70
1902	Perchoerus lentus Hay p. 657
1902	Bothrolabis pristinus Hay p. 658
1905	Thinohyus pristinus Sinclair
1907	Perchoerus lentus Matthew
1915	Perchoerus lentus Cope and Matthew
1915	Perchoerus pristinus Cope and Matthew pp. Plate CIXa
1923	Perchoerus lentus Pearson
1923	Perchoerus pristinus Pearson
1994	Perchoerus lentus Fremd
1998	Thinohyus lentus Wright
2009	Thinohyus lentus Prothero p. 523
2021	Thinohyus lentus Prothero p. 8

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
superfamily	Suoidea
—	Suina	(Gray 1868)
family	Tayassuidae
genus	Thinohyus
species	lentus

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.

†Thinohyus lentus Marsh 1875

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Invalid names: Dicotyles pristinus Leidy 1873 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
D. R. Prothero 2009	Smaller (Ml-3 length= 44-51 mm), less robust, and less dolichocephalic species of Thinohyus, lacking the diastemata between Pl/pl and P2/p2.

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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Arikareean or 33.30000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan	33.3 - 30.8	USA (Oregon)	Thinohyus lentus (17349)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Oregon)	Palaeochoerus pristinus (180202)