Dinohyus minimus Schlaikjer 1935 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae

Alternative combination: Archaeotherium minimus

Full reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1935. Contributions to the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Goshen Hole Area, Wyoming. IV. New Vertebrates and the Stratigraphy of the Oligocene and Early Miocene. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 76(4):97-189

Belongs to Dinohyus according to E. M. Schlaikjer 1935

See also Lucas et al. 1998

Sister taxon: Dinohyus hollandi

Type specimen: MCZ 2894, a mandible (The symphysial region of the lower jaws with deciduous dentition, and the permanent teeth about to erupt). Its type locality is Sixty Six Mountain (Upper), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sixty Six Mountain (Upper)

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