Entelodont

Entelodonts were a family family of pig-like omnivores widespread in forests of North America, Europe, and Asia.

Entelodonts Temporal range: Middle Eocene – Lower Miocene 40 – 18 million years ago
Illustration of Entelodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Suina
Superfamily:	†Entelodontoidea
Family:	†Entelodontidae Lydekker, 1883

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.

Entelodont Media

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  Skull of Archaeotherium mortoni

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  Lower jaw of Archaeotherium, showing the array of teeth

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  Life restoration of Daeodon

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  Entelodon (Elotherium), the first commisioned restoration of an extinct animal by Charles R. Knight.[1]