Skinnerhyus

Skinnerhyus
Temporal range: 13.6–10.3 Ma
↓
 Middle Miocene[1][2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 species from the late Miocene of Nebraska, United States. It had comparatively enormous, wing-like cheekbones.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Prothero, D.R., and A. Pollen, 2013. New late Miocene peccaries from California and Nebraska. Kirtlandia 58:1-12
  2. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.


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