Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Alternative combinations: Daeodon hollandi, Dinochoerus hollandi
Synonym: Daeodon minor Loomis 1932
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1905. Preliminary Note on a Gigantic Mammal from the Loup Fork Beds of Nebraska. Science 22(555):211-212
Belongs to Dinohyus according to L. B. Albright 1999
See also Albright 1991, Coombs and Coombs 1997, Effinger 1998, Loomis 1932, Lucas et al. 1998, Lucas et al. 1997, Peterson 1905, Peterson 1905 and Tedford et al. 1987
Sister taxon: Dinohyus minimus
Type specimens:
- Dinohyus hollandi: CMNH 1594, a skeleton (complete skeleton). Its type locality is Agate Springs Quarries, which is in a Harrisonian channel sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.
- Daeodon minor: Amherst College Museum 31-22, a partial skeleton (pair of lower jaws, upper teeth, skull fragment, and most postcrania). Its type locality is Stenomylus Quarry, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California, Texas collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.