Biology:Skinnerhyus

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Short description: An extinct species of mammals belonging to the peccary family of even-toed ungulates


Skinnerhyus
Temporal range: 13.6–10.3 Ma
Middle Miocene[1][2]
Skinnerhyus NT.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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

Wikidata ☰ Q15096688 entry