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Choeropotamus
Taxonomy
Chaeropotamus was named by Desmarest (1822). Its type is Choeropotamus parisiensis.
It was corrected as Choeropotamus by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sudre and Lecomte (2000), Neave (2004) and Erfurt and Metais (2007).
It was assigned to Rhinocerina by Gray (1825); to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); and to Choeropotamidae by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sudre and Lecomte (2000), Neave (2004) and Erfurt and Metais (2007).
It was corrected as Choeropotamus by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sudre and Lecomte (2000), Neave (2004) and Erfurt and Metais (2007).
It was assigned to Rhinocerina by Gray (1825); to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); and to Choeropotamidae by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sudre and Lecomte (2000), Neave (2004) and Erfurt and Metais (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1822 | Chaeropotamus Desmarest |
1825 | Chaeropotamus Gray p. 342 |
1848 | Chaeropotamus Owen p. 139 |
1986 | Choeropotamus Hooker p. 409 |
1988 | Choeropotamus Carroll |
1997 | Choeropotamus McKenna and Bell p. 392 |
2000 | Choeropotamus Sudre and Lecomte p. 417 |
2004 | Choeropotamus Neave |
2007 | Choeropotamus Erfurt and Metais p. 62 |
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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 parisiensis Cuvier 1822
†Choeropotamus sudrei Casanovas-Cladellas 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available