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Metridiochoerus

Osteichthyes - Suidae

Taxonomy
Metridiochoerus was named by Hopwood (1926). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Suidae by White and Harris (1977), Carroll (1988); to Phacochoerini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Suinae by Bishop (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Metridiochoerus Hopwood p. 267
1932Tapinochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen
1977Metridiochoerus White and Harris p. 13
1988Metridiochoerus Carroll
1997Metridiochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 396
2010Metridiochoerus Bishop p. 844

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilySuinaeGray 1821
genusMetridiochoerusHopwood 1926

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. †Metridiochoerus Hopwood 1926
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Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Leakey 1958
Metridiochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
Metridiochoerus shawi Dale 1948
Invalid names: Tapinochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available