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Colbertchoerus niobrarensis

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Prosthennops niobrarensis was named by Colbert (1935). Its type specimen is UNSM 20-6-7-29-CM, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Colbertchoerus niobrarensis by Prothero (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Prosthennops niobrarensis Colbert
1983Prosthennops niobrarensis Wright
1993Prosthennops niobrarensis Wright
1998Prosthennops niobrarensis Wright
2021Colbertchoerus niobrarensis Prothero p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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()
superfamilySuoidea
Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
genusColbertchoerus
speciesniobrarensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available