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Dinohyus minimus

Mammalia - Entelodontidae

Taxonomy
Dinohyus minimus was named by Schlaikjer (1935). Its type specimen is MCZ 2894, a mandible (The symphysial region of the lower jaws with deciduous dentition, and the permanent teeth about to erupt), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sixty Six Mountain (Upper), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Archaeotherium minimus by Lucas et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Dinohyus minimus Schlaikjer p. 157 figs. Plate 21
1998Archaeotherium minimus Lucas et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyEntelodontoideaLydekker 1883
familyEntelodontidaeLydekker 1883
genusDinohyus
speciesminimus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Dinohyus minimus Schlaikjer 1935
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. M. Schlaikjer 1935About one-fourth smaller than D. hollandi. Incisors very large. Symphysis relatively expanded. (See Plate 21).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:31:11
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:31:11
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Effinger 1998, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Arikareean or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Dinohyus minimus (type locality: 17667)