Choeropsis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hippopotamoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Ancodonta Superfamilia: Hippopotamoidea

Choeropsis Leidy, 1853: 213 [name conserved by Opinion 1393]

Type species: Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849, by monotypy.

Choerodes Leidy, 1852: 52 [name suppressed by Opinion 1393]

Type species: Hippopotamus liberiensis Morton, 1849, by monotypy.

Leidy, J. 1852. [Some remarks upon the comparative osteology and dentition of the Hippopotamus]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 52. BHL
Leidy, J. 1853. On the osteology of the head of Hippopotamus, and a description of the osteological characters of a new genus of Hippopotamidae. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 207–224. BHL
ICZN 1986. Opinion 1393. Choeropsis Leidy, 1852 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(2): 142–143. BHL Reference page.

Boisserie, J.-R. 2005. The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00138.x Reference page.

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