Marshochoerus

Marshochoerus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tayassuidae
Genus: †
Species:
†M. socialis
Binomial name
†Marshochoerus socialis
Marsh, 1875

Marshochoerus is an extinct genus of peccary that lived during the Early Miocene.

Distribution

Marshochoerus socialis fossils are known from the United States.[1]

References

  1. ^ Prothero, Donald Ross (2015). "Evolution of the early miocene hesperhyine peccaries" (PDF). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 67: 235–255.
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