Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Alternative combinations: Dyseohyus xiphodonticus, Prosthennops xiphodonticus
Synonym: Dyseohyus stirtoni Woodburne 1969
Full reference: E. H. Barbour. 1925. Prosthennops xiphodonticus, sp. nov. a new fossil peccary from Nebraska. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 1(3):25-32
Belongs to Stirtonhyus according to R. E. Eshelman et al. 2026
See also Barbour 1925, Dutra et al. 2017, Prothero 2021, Voorhies 1990, Woodburne 1969, Wright 1983, Wright 1993 and Wright 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Stirtonhyus xiphodonticus: Its type locality is Valentine Railway Quarries, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska
- Dyseohyus stirtoni: Frick: AMNH 73679, a partial skeleton.
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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