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Kolpochoerus limnetes

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Sus limnetes was named by Hopwood (1926).

It was recombined as Kolpochoerus limnetes by Harris and White (1979) and Geraads et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Sus limnetes Hopwood
1943Sus limnetes Leakey p. 60
1979Kolpochoerus limnetes Harris and White
2004Kolpochoerus limnetes Geraads et al. p. 183

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilySuinaeGray 1821
genusKolpochoerusvan Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
specieslimnetes(Hopwood 1926)

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.

†Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926
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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, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (176 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Kolpochoerus limnetes (70907)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Kolpochoerus limnetes (22267)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Ethiopia Kolpochoerus limnetes (21739)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Kolpochoerus limnetes (21369 21395 21399 21473 21506)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Kolpochoerus limnetes (22327)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Kolpochoerus limnetes (22197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Kolpochoerus limnetes (21640)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Kolpochoerus limnetes (224654)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Kolpochoerus limnetes (224657)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Kolpochoerus limnetes (21344)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Kolpochoerus limnetes (21288 21289 21291 21292 21352)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Kolpochoerus limnetes (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Kolpochoerus limnetes (21282 21286 21301 21303 21342 21345 21354 21356)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Kolpochoerus limnetes (21817 22594 22595)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Kolpochoerus limnetes (224655)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Kolpochoerus limnetes (21376 21398 21410 21420 21446 21451 21457 21460 21461 21471 21474 21477 21478 21486 21488 21489 21503 21504 21539)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Kolpochoerus limnetes (21544 21547 21552 21553 21554 21555 21556 21557 21562 21565 21566 21573 21576 21578 21581 21585 21586 21587 21589 21590 21591 21595 21596 21598 21607 21610 21614 21618 21619 21621 21622 21625 21626 21627 21628 21631 21632 21633 21646 21652 21656 21657 21658 21667 21673 21675 21682 21684 21740 21742 21745 21751 21964 21966 21983 21986 21987 21994 21999 22000 22001 22003 22005 22008 22012 22014 22015 22016 22018 22019 22022 22025)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Kolpochoerus limnetes (21367 21370 21377 21378 21396 21402 21415 21448 21454 21456 21458 21462 21463 21464 21466 21472 21476 21495 21498 21500 21515 21532 22342 32051)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Kolpochoerus limnetes (21350)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Kolpochoerus limnetes (22492 22494 22498)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Kolpochoerus limnetes (21368 21449 21455 21468 21514 21523 21526 21533)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Kolpochoerus limnetes (21970 22041 22064 22617 22627 22628)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Kolpochoerus limnetes (21294 21296 21343 21347 21348 21360)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Kolpochoerus limnetes (22557 22582)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Kolpochoerus limnetes (22134 22169 22177)