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Hyotheriinae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	96585	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=96585

Rank

subfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Hyotheriinae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Ungulata
order	Artiodactyla	Owen 1848
superfamily	Suoidea	Gray 1821
family	Suidae	Gray 1821
subfamily	Hyotheriinae	Cope 1888

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hyotheriinae	subfamily	belongs to Suidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Hyotheriinae	subfamily	belongs to Suidae	implied	Sach and Heizmann, 2001
Hyotheriinae	subfamily	belongs to Suidae	stated without evidence	Covert et al., 2001

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Suidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

V. J. Sach and E. P. J. Heizmann. 2001. Stratigraphy and mammal faunas of the Brackwassermolasse in the surroundings of Ulm (Southwest Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 310:1-95

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chicochoerus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chleuastochoerus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cleuastochoerus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dubiotherium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.9 Ma Miocene
Hyotherium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	65	33.9 Ma Oligocene	8.70 Ma Miocene
Sinapriculus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1888	Hyotheriinae Cope
1902	Hyotheriinae Hay p. 656
1997	Hyotheriinae McKenna and Bell p. 394
2001	Hyotheriinae Covert et al. p. 634
2001	Hyotheriinae Sach and Heizmann p. 35
2002	Hyotheriinae Liping et al. p. 152
2006	Hyotheriinae Orliac et al. p. 688

References

Sach V. J., Heizmann E. P. J. (2001) Stratigraphy and mammal faunas of the Brackwassermolasse in the surroundings of Ulm (Southwest Germany), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 310, 1-95

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Covert H. H., Hamrick M. W., et al (2001) Fossil mammals from the late Miocene of Vietnam, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 3, 633-636

Liping L., Fortelius M., et al (2002) New fossil Suidae from Shanwang, Shandong, China, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 1, 152-163 doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0152:NFSFSS]2.0.CO;2

Orliac M. J., Antoine P.-O., et al (2006) The Suoidea (Mammalia, Artiodactyla), exclusive of Listriodontinae, from the early Miocene of Béon 1 (Montréal-du-Gers, Sw France, MN4), Geodiversitas 28 4, 685-718

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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