Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Full reference: C. Stock. 1937. A peccary skull from the Barstow Miocene of California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 23(7):398-404
Belongs to Dyseohyus according to D. R. Prothero 2021
See also Stock 1937, Woodburne 1969 and Wright 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CIT 2039, a partial skull (a fragmentary skull and lower jaw with C, deciduous and permanent upper premolars, M1 to M3, and P2-P4., M2 and 3). Its type locality is Barstow (CIT 288), which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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