Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1905. A Correction of the Generic Name (Dinochœrus) Given to Certain Fossil Remains from the Loup Fork Miocene of Nebraska. Science 22(570):719
Parent taxon: Entelodontidae according to L. B. Albright 1999
See also Carroll 1988, Effinger 1998, Foss and Fremd 1998, Lucas et al. 1998 and Lucas et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Archaeotherium, Arctodon, Cypretherium, Daeodon, Entelodon, Ergilobia, Megachoerus, Paraentelodon, Pelonax, Proentelodontinae, Scaptohyus
Subtaxa: Dinohyus hollandi Dinohyus minimus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California, Florida, South Dakota, Texas collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (7: Florida, Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (2: South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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