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Kenyasus

Mammalia - Suidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Kenyasus Pickford p. 24
1991Kenyasus Anyonge p. 383
1997Kenyasus McKenna and Bell p. 394
1997Kenyasus Pickford and Senut p. 201
2007Kenyasus Pickford p. 85
2010Kenyasus Bishop p. 836

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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
subfamilyKubanochoerinaeGabunia 1958
genusKenyasusPickford 1986

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.

G. †Kenyasus Pickford 1986
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Kenyasus kirimunensis Pickford 2007
Kenyasus namaquensis Pickford and Senut 1997
Kenyasus rusingensis Pickford 1986
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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97South Africa (Namaqualand) K. namaquensis, K. rusingensis (51190)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya K. rusingensis (38060 83629)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya K. namaquensis, K. kirimunensis (74559)