Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"According to Loomis records, it comes from the Harrison Formation [early late Arikareean] near Van Tassel, Wyoming. Does this mean 17853
Full reference: D. R. Prothero. 2015. Evolution of the Early Miocene Hesperhyine Peccaries. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67:235-255
Belongs to Lucashyus according to D. R. Prothero 2015
See also Prothero 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ACM 7035, a skull (nearly complete skull and mandible with complete dentition). Its type locality is Van Tassel (Upper), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Van Tassel (Upper)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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