Choeropsis Leidy, 1853

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 315-343 : 317

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352976
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7203206
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F42219-FE10-ED72-FF35-FD2EFC88FC6B
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scientific name	Choeropsis Leidy, 1853
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Treatment

Choeropsis Leidy, 1853 View in CoL . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 6: 52.

REVIEWED BY: P. Grubb (PG).

COMMENT: Coryndon, 1977, Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. B Palaeontol. Geol. Phys. Chem., 80:61-71, argued that Hexaprotodon is the oldest valid name for this genus.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419003001000000.

Coryndon, S. C. 1977. The taxonomy and nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) and a description of two new fossil species. Proceedings- - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, ser. B (Paleontology, Geology, Physics, and Chemistry), 80: 61 - 88.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Hippopotamidae

Choeropsis Leidy, 1853

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl 1982

1982

Choeropsis

Leidy 1853: 52

1853

Specimens