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7.6" Fossil Predatory "Pig" (Archaeotherium) Jaw Section - Nebraska
This is a nicely preserved predatory "pig" (Archaeotherium mortoni) partial left mandible collected from the Oligocene-aged White River Badlands Group of Pennington County, South Dakota. The jaw measures 7.6" long and contains one complete molar and two additional partial teeth.
Comes with an acrylic display stand to assist with presentation. There is a significant crack through the middle of the jaw that has been stabilized with glue.
Comes with an acrylic display stand to assist with presentation. There is a significant crack through the middle of the jaw that has been stabilized with glue.
Archaeotherium was about 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder and around 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long and weighing around 270 kg (600 lb). Although superficially pig-like, Archaeotherium, along with all other entelodonts, was more closely related to anthracotheres, hippopotamuses, and whales. Evidence from the Wyoming Dinosaur Center suggests that the omnivorous Archaeotherium, like many modern predatory mammals, kept caches of food for times when their hunting was less successful.
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