Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Alternative combinations: Dicotyles nasutus, Tayassu nasutus
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of some remains of extinct pachyderms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:230-233
Belongs to Mylohyus according to R. P. Dutra et al. 2017
See also Gidley 1920, Hay 1902, Hulbert and Pratt 1998, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1868, Lundelius 1960, Semken and Griggs 1965, Westgate and Messick 1985 and Wright 1995
Sister taxa: Mylohyus elmorei, Mylohyus floridanus, Mylohyus fossilis, Mylohyus longirostris, Mylohyus obtusidens
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (20: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia collections)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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