Skinnerhyus
Skinnerhyus Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Tayassuidae |
Genus: | †Skinnerhyus Prothero & Pollen, 2013 |
Species: | †S. shermerorum |
Binomial name | |
Skinnerhyus shermerorum Prothero & Pollen, 2013 | |
Skinnerhyus shermerorum is an extinct peccary from the late Miocene of Nebraska, United States. It had comparatively enormous, wing-like cheekbones.[1]
References
- ↑ Prothero, D.R., and A. Pollen, 2013. New late Miocene peccaries from California and Nebraska. Kirtlandia 58:1-12
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