Palaeochoerus

Palaeochoerus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed throughout Africa during the Oligocene, and throughout Eurasia during the Miocene.

No picture of Palaeochoerus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Palaeochoerus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SuoideaPBDB
Diet
grazer, browserPBDB, for Artiodactyla
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Artiodactyla
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Artiodactyla

Time the record covers

At least 11 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 11.63 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 15 occurrencesOligocene — about 4 of 15 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 11 of 15 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 15 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–9.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.7–8.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences8.7–7.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.7–6.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences6.7–5.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.8–4.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23.04 Mya11.63 Mya34.5 Mya4.8 Mya

15 occurrences of Palaeochoerus on record, most of them in the Miocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

15 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

5 formations

Chinji — 32.68°N, 72.37°EChinji — 32.93°N, 71.66°EShanwang — 36.52°N, 118.54°ELothidok — 3.22°N, 35.83°ENagri — 32.77°N, 72.50°EMalembo — 5.34°S, 12.18°E

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The named rock units Palaeochoerus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Palaeochoerus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Palaeochoerus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

358 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 14 sites for Palaeochoerus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

11 references

Each of the 15 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content0

No picture of Palaeochoerus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Palaeochoerus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Palaeochoerus was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Pomel 1847