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Hippohyus

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Hippohyus was named by Falconer and Cautley (1847). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); to Suidae by Carroll (1988); and to Hippohyini by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
H. deterrai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Hippohyus Falconer and Cautley
1848Hippohyus Owen p. 139
1988Hippohyus Carroll
1997Hippohyus 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
tribeHippohyiniThenius 1970
genusHippohyusFalconer and Cautley 1847

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.

G. †Hippohyus Falconer and Cautley 1847
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†Hippohyus deterrai Lewis 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available