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Lorancahyus fossil map

Where fossils of Lorancahyus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 15 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 15 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived23.04–5.333 million years ago (Aquitanian to Messinian)
PeriodsNeogene
FamilyTayassuidae
Named byPickford and Morales 1998
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inSpain
Rock formationstxn:42420

About Lorancahyus

Lorancahyus is an extinct genus of tayassuid ungulate that lived in Europe during the Early Miocene subepoch.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lorancahyus (revision 1380966663), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q25402926.

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