Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Full reference: D. R. Prothero. 2021. The systematics of North American peccaries (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae). New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Bulletin 85:1-76
Parent taxon: Tayassuinae according to D. R. Prothero 2021
Sister taxa: Argyrohyus, Dicotyles, Dyseohyus, Mylohyini, Platygonini, Platygonus condoni, Platygonus striatus, Prosthennops, Protherohyus, Tayassuini, Tedfordhyus
Subtaxa: Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus
Type: Prosthennops xiphodonticus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (22: Maryland, Nebraska, Texas)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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