Skinnerhyus shermerorum is an extinct peccary species from the late Miocene of Nebraska, United States. It had comparatively enormous, wing-like cheekbones.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Tayassuidae |
Genus: | †Skinnerhyus Prothero & Pollen, 2013 |
Species: | †S. shermerorum
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Binomial name | |
†Skinnerhyus shermerorum Prothero & Pollen, 2013
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References
edit- ^ a b Prothero, D.R., and A. Pollen, 2013. New late Miocene peccaries from California and Nebraska. Kirtlandia 58:1-12
- ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.