Tapochoerus mcmillini Walsh 2000 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae

Full reference: S. L. Walsh. 2000. Bunodont artiodactyls (Mammalia) from the Uintan (middle Eocene) of San Diego County, California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 37:1-27

Belongs to Tapochoerus according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Walsh 2000

Sister taxon: Tapochoerus egressus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mission Valley Formation (SDSNH 3870), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Mission Valley Formation of California

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: California collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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