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Taxonomy
Mesochoerus was named by Shaw and Cooke (1941). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Suidae by Leakey (1943), White and Harris (1977) and Carroll (1988).
It was assigned to Suidae by Leakey (1943), White and Harris (1977) and Carroll (1988).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1941 | Mesochoerus Shaw and Cooke |
1943 | Mesochoerus Leakey p. 55 |
1977 | Mesochoerus White and Harris p. 13 |
1988 | Mesochoerus Carroll |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available