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Mylohyus nasutus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Dicotyles nasutus was named by Leidy (1868). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tayassu nasutus by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Mylohyus fossilis by Ray (1967), Westgate and Messick (1985), Wright (1995) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998); it was recombined as Mylohyus nasutus by Cope (1889), Gidley (1920), Lundelius (1960), Semken and Griggs (1965), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Dutra et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. lenis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Dicotyles nasutus Leidy p. 230
1889Mylohyus nasutus Cope
1902Tayassu nasutus Hay p. 659
1920Mylohyus nasutus Gidley p. 674
1960Mylohyus nasutus Lundelius, Jr.
1965Mylohyus nasutus Semken and Griggs
1980Mylohyus nasutus Kurten and Anderson p. 296
2017Mylohyus nasutus Dutra et al. p. 355

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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
genusMylohyusCope 1869
speciesnasutus()

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.

†Mylohyus nasutus Leidy 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:36:00
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:36:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Mylohyus nasutus (126660)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Mylohyus nasutus (74240)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Mylohyus nasutus (79656)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Mylohyus nasutus (34758)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Mylohyus nasutus (96683)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Mylohyus nasutus (20327)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Mylohyus nasutus (195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Mylohyus nasutus (104797)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mylohyus nasutus (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Mylohyus nasutus (63424 63425 63427)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Mylohyus sp. (79632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Mylohyus nasutus (104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Mylohyus nasutus (13066 84189)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mylohyus nasutus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Mylohyus nasutus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Mylohyus nasutus (63563)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Mylohyus nasutus (63429)