Entelodont

Entelodonts
Temporal range: Middle Eocene – Lower Miocene 40 – 18 million years ago
Illustration of Entelodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Suina
Superfamily:
†Entelodontoidea
Family:
†Entelodontidae

Lydekker, 1883

Entelodonts were a family family of pig-like omnivores widespread in forests of North America, Europe, and Asia.

They flourished for about 20+ million years from the middle Eocene to the early Miocene epochs.

It is thought that they included omnivores, carnivores and scavengers.


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