Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Alternative combinations: Catagonus brachydontus, Protherohyus brachydontus
Full reference: W. W. Dalquest and O. Mooser. 1980. Late Hemphillian mammals of the Ocote local fauna, Guanajuato, Mexico. Pearce-Sellards Series 32:1-25
Belongs to Desmathyus according to W. W. Dalquest and O. Mooser 1980
See also Dutra et al. 2017, Prothero 2021, Wright 1989 and Wright 1998
Sister taxon: Desmathyus pinensis
Type specimen: TMM 41685-13, a tooth (lower third molar, probably of a male). Its type locality is Rancho El Ocote (Basal), which is in a Hemphillian fluvial claystone/sandstone in the Rancho Viejo Beds Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (8), United States (4: Florida, Oklahoma)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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