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Hippohyus deterrai

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Hippohyus deterrai was named by Lewis (1934). Its type specimen is YPM 13812, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hasnot, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Dhok Pathan Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Hippohyus deterrai Lewis p. 457 fig. 1

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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
tribeHippohyiniThenius 1970
genusHippohyusFalconer and Cautley 1847
speciesdeterrai

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†Hippohyus deterrai Lewis 1934
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. E. Lewis 1934The size is exceptionally small. The molars are relatively short and broad, with typical Hippohyus enamel folds. The measurements in the following table are diagnostic: ...