Desmatochoerus
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| Desmatochoerus Temporal range: | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
| Genus: | †Desmatochoerus Thorpe 1921 |
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Desmatochoerus is a large extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae, endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene 28.4—16.0 mya, existing for approximately 12 million years.[1] Fossils have been uncovered in several locations in the western U.S.
