Mckennahyus
| Mckennahyus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Suina |
| Family: | Tayassuidae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †M. parisidutrai
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mckennahyus parisidutrai Prothero, 2021
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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
- ^ 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.