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Phacochoerini

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Phacochoerini was named by Gray (1868).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Phacochoerini Gray p. 47
1997Phacochoerini McKenna and Bell p. 396

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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
tribePhacochoeriniGray 1868
tribePhacochoeriniGray 1868

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. †Phacochoerini Gray 1868
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G. †Potamochoeroides Dale 1948
G. †Stylochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Potamochoeroides hypsodon (22355)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Phacochoerini indet. (207105)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Stylochoerus compactus (21744)