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Potamochoerini

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Potamochoerini was named by Gray (1873).

It was assigned to Suinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Potamochoerini Gray p. 434
1997Potamochoerini McKenna and Bell p. 395

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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
tribePotamochoeriniGray 1873
tribePotamochoeriniGray 1873

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.

Tr. †Potamochoerini Gray 1873
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G. †Celebochoerus Hooijer 1848
G. †Propotamochoerus Pilgrim 1925
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†Propotamochoerus devauxi Arambourg 1968
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Pakistan (Punjab) Propotamochoerus salinus (13472)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Nyanzachoerus devauxi (35277)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Myanmar Propotamochoerus hysudricus (110965)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Algeria Propotamochoerus devauxi (31185)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Tunisia Propotamochoerus indet. (65170)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Nyanzachoerus devauxi (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Nyanzachoerus devauxi (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) Propotamochoerus salinus (13473 13474)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Propotamochoerus sp. (207135)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakorn Ratchasima) Propotamochoerus hysudricus (67172)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) Propotamochoerus sp. (144187)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Propotamochoerus palaeochoerus (75481)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Propotamochoerus sp. (207133)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Propotamochoerus hysudricus (73553)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Propotamochoerus provincialis (40758)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) Propotamochoerus sp. (157582)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Propotamochoerus provincialis (144566)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Nyanzachoerus devauxi (22242)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) Propotamochoerus provincialis (40394)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia Propotamochoerus provincialis (40392)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine Propotamochoerus provincialis (50913)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Moldova Propotamochoerus provincialis (50918 50935)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Myanmar (Magway Division) Propotamochoerus hysudricus (75078)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Jammu) Propotamochoerus hysudriscus (51101)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (Sulawesi) Celebochoerus heekereni (93545 93546 93623) Celebochoerus sp. (93543 93548 93626 93630 93632 93633)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Indonesia (Sulawesi) Celebochoerus heekereni (93525 93567)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (Sulawesi) Celebochoerus heekereni (93697)