Entelodonts, sometimes nicknamed hell pigs or terminator pigs, are an extinct family of pig-like omnivores endemic to forests and plains of North America, Europe, and Asia from the late Eocene to early Miocene epochs (37.2—16.3 million years ago), existing for about 21 million years. ==Taxonomy== The Entelodontidae were named by Richard Lydekker...
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(from the article `artiodactyl`) ...appears as successive waves of groups, each better adapted than its predecessors to the changing environment. In the suiform line, the earlier ...
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(pronounced en-TELL-oh-dons) Entelodonts meaning perfect teeth) were huge, ancient mammals that lived in Mongolia, Asia, and in North America. These four-legged, cloven-hooved, omnivores (eating both plants and meat) may have been scavengers. These artiodactyls (relatives of modern-day pigs and hippos) were about 7 feet tall at the shoulder. They h...
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