Woodburnehyus grenaderae Prothero & Pollen, 2013
Systematics: Mammalia Artiodactyla Tayassuidae
Size: 0.9 m long
Type Horizon and Locality: Miocene, Green Valley Formation (Late Clarendonian) Contra Costa County, California, US
Type Specimen: UCMP 74812, partial skull
This ancient peccary found at the Blackhawk Ranch quarry at the foot of Mount Diablo, in California, sported some bizarre protrusions on the cheeks (they were however less pronounced than in the related genus Skinnerhyus).
October 12, 2019
References:
D. R. Prothero and A. Pollen. 2013. New Late Miocene Fossil Peccaries From California and Nebraska. Kirtlandia 58:42-53
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