Mckennahyus parisidutrai Prothero 2021 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Full reference: D. R. Prothero. 2021. Mckennahyus parisidutrai, a new Late Miocene peccary with bizarre flaring cheekbones. Fossil Record 7 305-311

Belongs to Mckennahyus according to D. R. Prothero 2021

See also Prothero 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: F:AM 113361, a partial skull ( partial skull, lackingrostrum, with left P3-M3, right P4-M3). Its type locality is Trailside Kat Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Trailside Kat Quarry

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