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Post by Infinity Blade on Apr 9, 2015 6:14:01 GMT 5
Skinnerhyus shermerorum© @ Pat Linse Temporal range: Late Miocene Scientific classification: Domain: Eukaryota(unranked): Unikonta(unranked): Opisthokonta(unranked): Holozoa(unranked): FilozoaKingdom: AnimaliaSubkingdom: Eumetazoa(unranked): BilateriaSuperphylum: DeuterostomiaPhylum: ChordataInfraphylum: GnathostomataClade: EugnathostomataClade: TeleostomiSuperclass: TetrapodaClade: ReptiliomorphaClade: AmniotaClade: SynapsidaClade: EupelycosauriaClade: SphenacodontiaClade: SphenacodontoideaOrder: TherapsidaSuborder: CynodontiaClade: ProzostrodontiaClade: MammaliaformesClass: MammaliaLegion: CladotheriaSublegion: ZatheriaInfralegion: TribosphenidaSubclass: TheriaClade: EutheriaInfraclass: PlacentaliaSubcohort: ExafroplacentaliaMagnorder: BoreoeutheriaSuperorder: LaurasiatheriaClade: Ungulata(unranked): CetartiodactylaSuborder: SuinaFamily: TayassuidaeGenus: † SkinnerhyusSpecies: † S. shermerorumSkinnerhyus shermerorum ("Skinner pig") is an extinct species of peccary that lived in Nebraksa during the Late Miocene. Skinnerhyus is distinct in that it possessed prominent laterally-flaring cheek flanges made of bone that resembled wings in shape. [1]Skull of S. shermerorumReferences[1] " New late Miocene fossil peccaries from California and Nebraska" (Prothero & Pollen, 2013).
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