Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Synonym: Hesperopithecus Osborn 1922
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and J. W. Gidley. 1904. New or little known mammals from the Miocene of South Dakota : American Museum expedition of 1903. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(22):241-268
Parent taxon: Tayassuinae according to R. P. Dutra et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, Colbert 1935, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Matthew and Gidley 1904, McKenna and Bell 1997, Osborn 1922, Prothero 2021 and Wright 1998
Sister taxa: Argyrohyus, Dicotyles, Dyseohyus, Mylohyini, Platygonini, Stirtonhyus, Tayassuini, Tedfordhyus
Subtaxa: Prosthennops condoni Prosthennops kernensis Prosthennops serus Prosthennops ziegleri
Type: Dicotyles serus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), Honduras (1), United States (7: Alabama, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (18: California, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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