Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Full reference: R. P. Dutra, D. d.e. M. Casali, R. V. Missagia, G. M. Gasparini, F. A. Perini and M. A. Cozzuol. 2017. Phylogenetic Systematics of Peccaries (Tayassuidae: Artiodactyla) and a Classification of South American Tayassuids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24(3):345-358
Parent taxon: Tayassuinae according to R. P. Dutra et al. 2017
See also Prothero 2021
Sister taxa: Argyrohyus, Dicotyles, Dyseohyus, Mylohyini, Prosthennops, Stirtonhyus, Tayassuini, Tedfordhyus
Subtaxa: Macrogenis Platygonus Protherohyus Skinnerhyus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Bolivia (2), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Mexico (7), United States (93: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of Mexico (3), United States (63: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1), Colombia (1), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (9), Colombia (1), Mexico (1), United States (2: California, Idaho)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), Mexico (9), United States (11: Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (20: Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 231 collections including 246 occurrences