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Mylohyus elmorei

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Prosthennops elmorei was named by White (1942).

It was misspelled as Mylohyus eimorei by Dutra et al. (2017); it was recombined as Mylohyus elmorei by Wright and Webb (1984), Wright (1998) and Prothero (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Prosthennops elmorei White
1984Mylohyus elmorei Wright and Webb
1998Mylohyus elmorei Wright
2017Mylohyus eimorei Dutra et al. p. 355
2021Mylohyus elmorei Prothero p. 52

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
genusMylohyusCope 1869
specieselmorei()

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.

Mylohyus elmorei White 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:36:00
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:36:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Mylohyus elmorei (18577)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Mylohyus elmorei (18573)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Mylohyus elmorei, Tayassuidae indet. (26574)