Biology:Skinnerhyus
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Short description: An extinct species of mammals belonging to the peccary family of even-toed ungulates
Skinnerhyus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Tayassuidae |
Genus: | †Skinnerhyus Prothero & Pollen, 2013 |
Species: | †S. shermerorum
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Binomial name | |
†Skinnerhyus shermerorum Prothero & Pollen, 2013
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Skinnerhyus shermerorum is an extinct peccary species from the late Miocene of Nebraska, United States . It had comparatively enormous, wing-like cheekbones.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Prothero, D.R., and A. Pollen, 2013. New late Miocene peccaries from California and Nebraska. Kirtlandia 58:1-12
- ↑ "PBDB". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=336570&is_real_user=1.
Wikidata ☰ Q15096688 entry