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Tetraconodontinae

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Tetraconodontinae was named by Lydekker (1886) [emend. Simpson 1945]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Suidae by Heissig (1989), McKenna and Bell (1997), Pickford and Gupta (2001) and Bishop (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Tetraconodontinae Lydekker
1989Tetraconodontinae Heissig p. 236
1997Tetraconodontinae McKenna and Bell p. 393
2001Tetraconodontinae Pickford and Gupta p. 273
2010Tetraconodontinae Bishop p. 838

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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()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilyTetraconodontinaeLydekker 1886
subfamilyTetraconodontinaeLydekker 1886

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.

Subfm. †Tetraconodontinae Lydekker 1886
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G. †Conohyus Pilgrim 1926
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†Conohyus huenermanni Heissig 1989
†Conohyus indicus Lydekker 1884
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Invalid names: Conohyus thailandicus Ducroq et al. 1997 [synonym]
†Conohyus olujici Bernor and Radovcic 2004
†Conohyus simorrensis Lartet 1851
†Conohyus sindiensis Lydekker 1884
Invalid names: Adaetontherium Lewis 1934 [synonym]
G. †Lophocoerus Pilgrim 1926
G. †Notochoerus Broom 1925
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†Notochoerus capensis Broom 1925
†Notochoerus clarkei Suwa and White 2004
G. †Parachleuastochoerus Golpe-Posse 1972
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†Parachleuastochoerus crusafonti Golpe-Posse 1972
†Parachleuastochoerus kretzoii Fortelius et al. 2005
G. †Sivachoerus Pilgrim 1926
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†Sivachoerus syrticus Leonardi 1954
G. †Tetraconodon Falconer 1868
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†Tetraconodon magnum Falconer 1868
†Tetraconodon malensis Htike et al. 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:08:25
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Kazakhstan Conohyus betpakdalensis (39881)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Myanmar (Sagaing Division) Tetraconodon malensis (75075)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Haryana) Tetraconodon magnum (232180)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Conohyus sindiensis (48126)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Pakistan (Sind) Conohyus sindiense (71443 71446) Hyotherium sindiense (71439) Tetraconodon minor, Conohyus sindiense (71444)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Turkey (Bursa) Conohyus sp. (68547)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Conohyus simorrensis (42588 42595 42596)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Nepal Conohyus sindiense (48667)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Jammu and Kashmir) Conohyus sindiense (11797)
MN 5 - MN 915.97 - 9.7France Conohyus simorensis (191825) Conohyus simorrensis (191828)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Conohyus simorrensis (31776)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Pakistan (Sind) Conohyus sindiense (71448 71450 71451)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Conohyus simorrensis (54136)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Nyanzachoerus syrticus (35277)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Conohyus simorrensis (38139)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Conohyus simorrensis (46278)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia Conohyus simorrensis (69712)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Conohyus simorrensis (49421)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Parachleuastochoerus steinheimensis (206345)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Conohyus simorrensis (39709)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Nyanzachoerus syrticus (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Nyanzachoerus syrticus (22139)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) Parachleuastochoerus crusafonti (38975)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany (Bavaria) Conohyus huenermanni (69095)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) Tetraconodon minor, Conohyus indicus, Conohyus sindiense (13473)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Pakistan Tetraconodon magnum (232181)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Parachleuastochoerus sp. (75481)
MN 911.1 - 9.7India (Jammu and Kashmir) Conohyus indicus (74566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Sivachoerus tulotos (22307) Sivachoerus tulotos, Nyanzachoerus syrticus (22274)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Nyanzachoerus syrticus (59839)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Nyanzachoerus syrticus (22242)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Notochoerus capensis (21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Nyanzachoerus syrticus (21737)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Notochoerus capensis (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Notochoerus sp. (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia Notochoerus sp., Suidae indet. (21754)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Notochoerus sp. (70907)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Notochoerus capensis (22324)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt (Al Buhayrah) Sivachoerus sp. (42119)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Sivachoerus sp. (22592)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Notochoerus sp. (21600 21640 22037) Notochoerus sp., Notochoerus capensis (21608)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Notochoerus sp. (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Notochoerus sp. (21543 21562 21589 21610 21614 21621 21625 21626 21654 21657 21658 21671 21675 21742 21751 21983 21997 22006 22014 22023 22026)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Notochoerus sp. (22595)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Notochoerus n. sp. (22492)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Notochoerus compactus (22627) Notochoerus sp. (22628)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Notochoerus sp. (22276)