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Schizochoerus ✝

Description

Schizochoerus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed in Asia Minor during the Miocene.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizochoerus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3240397https://www.gbif.org/species/3240397
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42411https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42411
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Schizochoerus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Schizochoerus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
superfamilySuoideaGray 1821
genusSchizochoerusCrusafont-Pairó & Lavocat 1954
Scientific NameSchizochoerus Crusafont-Pairó & Lavocat, 1954
Name Published InNotas. Comun. Inst. Geol. Min. Espana, 36
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Schizochoerusgenusbelongs to SuidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Schizochoerusgenusbelongs to Schizochoerinaestated with evidencevan der Made, 1997
Schizochoerusgenusbelongs to Schizochoerinistated without evidenceMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Schizochoerusgenusbelongs to Suoideastated with evidenceBoisserie et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.7 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 12.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Artiodactyla)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizochoerus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Schizochoerus anatoliensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		116.0 Ma
Miocene		16.0 Ma
Miocene
Schizochoerus arambourgi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Schizochoerus sinapensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Schizochoerus vallesiensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1954Schizochoerus Crusafont-Pairo and Lavocat p. 89
1988Schizochoerus Carroll
1997Schizochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 398
1997Schizochoerus van der Made p. 135
2010Schizochoerus Boisserie et al. p. 348

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
van der Made J. (1997) Systematics and stratigraphy of the genera Taucanamo and Schizochoerus and the classification of the Palaeochoeridae (Suoidea, Mammalia), Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 100 1-2, 127-139
Boisserie J.-R., Lihoreau F., et al (2010) Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the earliest known hippopotamids (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae, Kenyapotaminae), Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 158, 325-266
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Notas. Comun. Inst. Geol. Min. Espana, 36 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Pickford & Erturk, 1979 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Palaeo DB (June 2011) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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