Suidae

Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs, or swine. In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 extant species are currently recognized, classified into between four and eight genera. Within this family, the genus Sus includes the domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus or Sus domesticus, and many species of wild pig from Europe to the Pacific. Other genera include babirusas and warthogs. All suids, or swine, are native to the Old World, ranging across Afro-Eurasia.

Suidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
pigPBDB
Sits inside
SuoideaPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Artiodactyla

Time the record covers

At least 37 million years on record.

The record covers at least 37.71 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 41.03 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 3 of 2040 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 6 of 2040 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 564 of 2040 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 357 of 2040 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1028 of 2040 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 7 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 11 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 24 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 34 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 36 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 60 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 67 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 56 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 54 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 45 occurrences9.8–8.4 Mya — about 47 occurrences8.4–7.0 Mya — about 57 occurrences7.0–5.6 Mya — about 55 occurrences5.6–4.2 Mya — about 107 occurrences4.2–2.8 Mya — about 217 occurrences2.8–1.4 Mya — about 686 occurrences1.4–0 Mya — about 468 occurrences37.71 Mya11.7 ka41.9 Mya0 Mya

2,040 occurrences of Suidae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

2,040 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

152 formations

Shungura — 5.09°N, 36.02°EShungura — 5.04°N, 36.00°EShungura — 5.15°N, 36.03°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.06°EKoobi Fora — 4.22°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.75°N, 36.36°EKoobi Fora — 3.73°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.70°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.06°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 4.26°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 3.86°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.95°N, 36.42°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.38°EKoobi Fora — 4.22°N, 36.24°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 4.19°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°ENachukui — 3.08°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.72°ENachukui — 3.93°N, 35.76°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.11°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.15°N, 35.74°ENachukui — 4.67°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.00°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.43°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.92°ENachukui — 3.68°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.10°N, 35.77°ENkondo — 1.50°N, 31.00°ENkondo/Warwire — 1.50°N, 31.00°EOlduvai — 2.96°S, 35.29°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 32.33°EVogel River Series — 3.23°S, 35.23°EVogel River Series — 3.26°S, 35.18°EVogel River Series — 3.23°S, 36.19°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EHadar — 11.14°N, 40.58°EChiwondo — 10.17°S, 34.00°EChiwondo — 9.83°S, 34.83°EChiwondo — 10.33°S, 34.17°EChiwondo — 10.00°S, 33.92°EChiwondo — 10.05°S, 33.96°EOlorgesailie — 1.57°S, 36.44°EUSNO — 5.35°N, 36.17°EManchar — 26.33°N, 67.83°EMaboko — 0.13°S, 34.61°EMaboko — 0.17°N, 34.62°EMaboko — 0.15°N, 34.62°EWehaietu — 10.73°N, 40.42°EWehaietu — 10.90°N, 40.48°EWehaietu — 10.72°N, 40.50°EWehaietu — 10.32°N, 40.55°EWehaietu — 10.57°N, 40.58°EWehaietu — 10.63°N, 40.54°ENagri — 32.77°N, 72.50°ESagantole — 10.48°N, 40.60°ESagantole — 10.62°N, 40.58°ESagantole — 10.63°N, 40.54°ESagantole — 10.47°N, 40.50°ESagantole — 10.45°N, 40.45°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EKapthurin — 0.50°N, 36.00°EKanapoi — 2.37°N, 36.08°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°EAdu-Asa — 10.32°N, 40.25°EAdu-Asa — 10.37°N, 40.23°EAdu-Asa — 10.43°N, 40.42°EChemoigut — 0.65°N, 36.20°EWembere-Manonga — 3.88°S, 33.72°EWembere-Manonga — 3.92°S, 33.82°EWembere-Manonga — 3.09°S, 33.73°EWembere-Manonga — 3.88°S, 33.92°EWembere-Manonga — 4.03°S, 33.77°EChemeron — 0.67°N, 35.83°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.48°N, 10.10°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.35°N, 9.86°E

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The named rock units Suidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 128 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 730 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Suidae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Suidae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,192 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,206 sites for Suidae, and this reads 240 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

538 references

Each of the 2,040 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. 526 further references are not listed. 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 content2

Picture of Suidae

Credit
Maykii
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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

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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. Gray 1821