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Skinnerhyus shermerorum

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Skinnerhyus shermerorum was named by Prothero and Pollen (2013). Its type specimen is F:AM 113317, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Machaerodus Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Skinnerhyus shermerorum Prothero and Pollen p. 47 figs. 5 - 7
2017Skynnerhyus shermerorum Dutra et al. p. 355
2021Skinnerhyus shermerorum Prothero p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
tribePlatygonini
genusSkinnerhyus
speciesshermerorum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Skinnerhyus shermerorum Prothero and Pollen 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero and A. Pollen 2013(Modified from Wright, 1983, p. 121): Broad fan-like zygo- matic wings that flare outward and upward; deep rostral muscle fossa beneath the anterior edge of the zygomatic wing; glenoid fossa not extending lateral to tympanic wing; no contact between maxilla and lateral edge of orbitosphenoid bulla; narrow auditory bulla; cancellous suprapalatine inflation, with deep dorsal palatine sulcus; moderate-sized premaxilla, about 45 mm in length; nearly spherical occipital condyles compared to other tayassuines; long upper post-canine diastema (greater than 50 mm); cheek teeth without broad, bulbous shape seen in Macrogenis; P2 with protocone, metacone; P3, P4 submolarized.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:10:33
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Clarendonian peccary sp. (18142 18145 type locality: 18245 18447 18496) Tayassuidae indet. (18218)