ammonites
Family Tayassuidae Palmer 1897 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Invalid subtaxa: Cynorcidae Cope 1868, Prochoerus Leconte 1848 [nomen vanum]

Parent taxon: Suoidea according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Doliochoerus, Palaeochoerus, Sanitheriidae, Schizochoerus, Suidae, Taucanamo, Schizochoerinae, Perchoerus, Merycopotamidae, Cotylopidae, Dichodontidae

Subtaxa: Albanohyus, Antaodon, Cynorca, Doliochoerinae, Floridachoerus, Macrogenis, Odoichoerus, Portheodon, Prosthennops, Selenogonus, Tayassuinae, Thinohyus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore