Fossil entelodont
Place Collected(Object)
: North America, Canada, Saskatchewan, Hunter Quarry, Eastend, W of the Third Meridian, Legal Subdivision 5 and 12; E side of Calf Creek Date: Date Collected: 1967
Dimensions:length=43; width=33; height=23 cm
Taxonomy
- Attributes
- Objects
- Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
- Phylum:
Chordata
- Class:
Mammalia
- Order:
Artiodactyla
- Family:
Entelodontidae
- Genus:
Cypretherium
- SpecificEpithet:
coarctatum
Object number: ROMVP11628
Gallery Location:Reed Family Gallery of the Age of Mammals, Tertiary Megafaunas, Diets, Omnivores
DescriptionEntelodonts were large omnivorous mammals that possessed peculiar cranial protrusions, such as a flange on the side of the head and bumps underneath the jaw. They are distantly related to living pigs. This entelodont skull from southern Saskatchewan is unusually well-preserved.
Collector(s):Edmund;A.;Gordon;