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Mediochoerus blicki

Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

Taxonomy
Mediochoerus blicki was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) [genotype]. Its type specimen is F:AM 43172, a partial skull (Skull (lacking zygomatic arch and orbital region) with I1-I2 alv. and I3-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New Surface Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Mediochoerus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mediochoerus mohavensis by Kelly and Lander (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Mediochoerus blicki Schultz and Falkenbach p. 93
1998Mediochoerus blicki Lander
2007Mediochoerus blicki Stevens and Stevens p. 164
2023Mediochoerus blicki Stevens et al. p. 133 figs. Figure 109; Appendix 13C; Table A44

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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()
familyMerycoidodontidae
subfamilyUstatochoerinae
genusMediochoerus
speciesblicki

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.

†Mediochoerus blicki Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach 1941
SKULL.-Approximately same size as that of Brachycrus siouense; malar very deep below orbit; nasal greatly retracted and almost as wide as long; anterior portion of nasal with upward curve.
MANDIBLE.-Unknown.
DENTITION.-Superior series longer than in M. johnsoni and approximately same length as in Ustatochoerus medius; inferior series unknown.
LIMBS.-Unknown.
M. S. Stevens et al. 2023Slightly larger than M. johnsoni, with a slight increase in nasal retraction (modified from Schultz and Falkenbach, 1941).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:37:21
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:37:21
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lander 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Mediochoerus blicki (type locality: 17972)