Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Synonym: Pediohyus Loomis 1910
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1903. New vertebrates from the Montana Tertiary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(5):145-199
Parent taxon: Hesperhyinae according to D. R. Prothero 2015
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Douglass 1903, Loomis 1910, McKenna and Bell 1997, Prothero 2021 and Wright 1998
Sister taxa: Desmathyus, Floridachoerus, Fremdohyus, Lucashyus, Marshochoerus, Stuckyhyus, Wrightohyus
Subtaxa: Hesperhys antiquus Hesperhys vagrans Pediohyus ferus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (16: California, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon, Wyoming)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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