Mckennahyus

Mckennahyus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Suina
Family: Tayassuidae
Genus: †
Species:
†M. parisidutrai
Binomial name
†Mckennahyus parisidutrai
Prothero, 2021

Mckennahyus is an extinct genus of tayassuid that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Mckennahyus parisidutrai is known from the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.[1]

References

  1. ^ Prothero, Donald Ross (2021). "Mckennahyus parisidutrai, a new late Miocene peccary with bizarre flaring cheekbones". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 82: 305–311.


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