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Mckennahyus parisidutrai

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Mckennahyus parisidutrai was named by Prothero (2021) ["Frick field number AINS 366-30, as mentioned in the older literature"]. Its type specimen is F:AM 113361, a partial skull ( partial skull, lackingrostrum, with left P3-M3, right P4-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trailside Kat Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Mckennahyus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Mckennahyus parisidutrai Prothero p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
genusMckennahyus
speciesparisidutrai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Mckennahyus parisidutrai Prothero 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero 2021Same as for the genus. [Zygoma more than 350 mm wide, wider and differently shaped from that of Macrogenis crassigenis or Skinnerhyus shermerorum, with long, laterally tapering points, and a twist at the base. Rostral muscle fossa beneath the anterior edge of the zygomatic wing. Upper and lower post-canine diastemata about 25% longer, and cheek teeth about 10-20% longer, than in M. crassigenis.]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:10:33
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Macrogenis sp. (type locality: 18425)