Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Alternative combination: Thinohyus osmonti
Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1905. New or Imperfectly Known Rodent and Ungulates from the John Day Series. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4(6):125-143
Belongs to Fremdohyus according to D. R. Prothero 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 393, a partial skull (Cranium and mandible). Its type locality is UCMP loc. 839, Black Rock 3, John Day Valley, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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