Tedfordhyus occidentalis Woodburne 1969 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Alternative combination: Cynorca occidentale

Full reference: M. O. Woodburne. 1969. Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Cynorca and Dyseohyus (Tayassuidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 141(2):273-355

Belongs to Tedfordhyus according to D. R. Prothero 2021

See also Woodburne 1969

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: F:AM 73660, a skull

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (3 collections), United States (5: California)

• Arikareean of Panama (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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