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Choeropotamus

Mammalia - Choeropotamidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Chaeropotamus Desmarest
1825Chaeropotamus Gray p. 342
1848Chaeropotamus Owen p. 139
1986Choeropotamus Hooker p. 409
1988Choeropotamus Carroll
1997Choeropotamus McKenna and Bell p. 392
2000Choeropotamus Sudre and Lecomte p. 417
2004Choeropotamus Neave
2007Choeropotamus Erfurt and Metais p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilyChoeropotamoidea
familyChoeropotamidaeOwen 1845
genusChoeropotamus(Desmarest 1822)

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. †Choeropotamus Desmarest 1822
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Choeropotamus affinis Gervais 1852
Choeropotamus depereti Stehlin 1908
Choeropotamus sudrei Casanovas-Cladellas 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available