Desmatochoerus
Desmatochoerus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
Genus: | †Desmatochoerus Thorpe 1921 |
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Desmatochoerus is a large extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae, endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene 28.4—16.0 mya, existing for approximately 12 million years.[1] Fossils have been uncovered in several locations in the western U.S.
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Categories:
- Oreodonts
- Oligocene even-toed ungulates
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs