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Choeropotamidae

Mammalia - Choeropotamidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Choeropotamidae Owen
1891Choeropotamidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1938Choeropotamidae Colbert p. 105
1971Choeropotamidae Ranga Rao p. 126
1986Choeropotamidae Hooker p. 409
1988Choeropotamidae Carroll
1997Choeropotamidae McKenna and Bell p. 392
2000Choeropotamidae Sudre and Lecomte p. 417

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyChoeropotamoidea
familyChoeropotamidaeOwen 1845
familyChoeropotamidaeOwen 1845

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.

Fm. †Choeropotamidae Owen 1845
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G. †Amphirhagatherium Deperet 1908
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†Amphirhagatherium edwardsi Hooker and Thomas 2001
†Amphirhagatherium neumarkensis Erfurt and Haubold 1989
G. †Anthracobunodon Heller 1934
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†Anthracobunodon neumarkensis Erfurt and Haubold 1989
G. †Choeropotamus Desmarest 1822
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†Choeropotamus affinis Gervais 1852
†Choeropotamus depereti Stehlin 1908
†Choeropotamus sudrei Casanovas-Cladellas 1975
G. †Cuisitherium Sudre et al. 1983
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†Cuisitherium lydekkeri Lemoine 1891
G. †Diplopus Kowalewsky 1873
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†Diplopus aymardi Kowalevsky 1873
G. †Hallebune Erfurt and Sudre 1995
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†Hallebune krumbiegeli Erfurt and Sudre 1995
G. †Haplobunodon Deperet 1908
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†Haplobunodon lydekkeri Stehlin 1908
†Haplobunodon muelleri Rutimeyer 1862
†Haplobunodon solodurense Stehlin 1908
†Haplobunodon venatorum Hooker 1986
G. †Lophiobunodon Deperet 1908
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†Lophiobunodon hookeri Godinot et al. 2018
†Lophiobunodon rhodanicum Deperet 1908
G. †Masilabune Tobien 1980
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†Masillabune franzeni Erfurt and Haubold 1989
†Masillabune martini Tobien 1980
G. †Rhagatherium Pictet 1857
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†Rhagatherium kowalevskyi Stehlin 1908
†Rhagatherium valdense Pictet 1857
G. †Thaumastognathus Trouessart 1898
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†Thaumastognathus quercyi Filhol 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 13 to the top of the Rupelian or 48.60000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Cuisitherium lydekkeri (183451)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Cuisitherium lydekkeri (35539 35540 181653) Cuisitherium sp. (35535)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Champagne-Ardenne) Cuisitherium lydekkeri (28546 73387)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Lophiobunodon minervoisensis (31717)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Lophiodon tapirotherium, Dacrytheriidae indet. 1, Dacrytheriidae indet. 2 (182519)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) Lophiobunodon hookeri (195457)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Haplobunodon solodurense (24201)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Anthracobunodon weigelti (45001) Rhagatherium kowalevskyi, Haplobunodon muelleri, Anthracobunodon weigelti (13322)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Haplobunodon mulleri, Haplobunodon solodurense, Rhagatherium kowalevskyi (31723)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Amphirhagatherium louisi (177581) Amphirhagatherium sp. (177582)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Haplobunodon ruetimeyeri, Haplobunodon sp., Choeropotamus depereti (31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Choeropotamus lautricensis (31634)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Choeropotamus lautricensis (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Rhone-Alpes Region) Haplobunodon mulleri, Lophiobunodon rhodanicum (31741)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Haplobunodon mulleri, Haplobunodon solodurense (31721) Haplobunodon mulleri, Haplobunodon solodurense, Rhagatherium kowalevskyi (31720) Haplobunodon solodurense (182806) Haplobunodon solodurense, Rhagatherium kowalevskyi, Dichobune muelleri (31718)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) Anthracobunodon louisi (12847)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Choeropotamus sp., Amphirhagatherium louisi, Haplobunodon sp. (39014)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Amphirhagatherium fronstettense (42878) Choeropotamus parisiensis (31608 184759) Haplobunodon lyddekeri (31607)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Choeropotamus parisiensis (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain Choeropotamus sudrei (31750)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) Choeropotamus sudrei (31756)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Choeropotamus depereti (12849)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland Choeropotamus depereti, Rhagatherium valdense (31743)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Choeropotamus parisiensis (31739)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Amphirhagatherium frohnstettense, Choeropotamus parisiensis (31744)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Choeropotamus depereti (31724) Choeropotamus parisiensis (31738) Choeropotamus sudrei (31758 31760)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Amphirhagatherium edwardsi (40029) Choeropotamus parisiensis (9074) Haplobunodon lydekkeri (40030) Rhagatherium sp. (41652)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Herault) Lophiobunodon minervoisensis (78248)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Choeropotamus parisiensis (31737)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1United Kingdom (England) Amphirhagatherium fronstettense (184763)