Entelodont
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Family: | †Entelodontidae Lydekker, 1883
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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.