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Dyscritochoerus

Osteichthyes - Helohyidae

Taxonomy
Dyscritochoerus was named by Gazin (1956) [said by Stucky 1998 to be valid, but he does not cite Emry; Walsh 2000 takes no position]. Its type is Dyscritochoerus lapointensis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Brachyhyops by Emry (1981); it was corrected as Discritochoerus by Ferrusquía-Villafranca (2006); it was misspelled as Discritochoerus by Stucky (1998), Foss (2007).

It was assigned to Dichobunidae by Gazin (1956); to Helohyinae by Stucky (1998); and to Helohyidae by Ferrusquía-Villafranca (2006), Foss (2007).

Species
D. lapointensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Dyscritochoerus Gazin p. 26
1998Discritochoerus Stucky p. 370
2006Discritochoerus Ferrusquía-Villafranca p. 995
2007Dyscritochoerus Foss p. 87

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyHelohyidae
genusDyscritochoerus

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. †Dyscritochoerus Gazin 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available