Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Alternative combination: Desmathyus olseni
Full reference: T. E. White. 1941. Additions to the Miocene Fauna of Florida. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 18:91-98
Belongs to Floridachoerus according to D. R. Prothero 2015
See also Albright 1999, MacFadden and Webb 1982, Olsen 1962, Prothero 2021, White 1941 and Wright 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCZ 3657, a partial skull (an incomplete skull with right P3-M3, and left P4-M3.). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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