Entelodont is a name given to any member of the extinct scientific family Entelodontidae. These large, primitive animals are also known as hell pigs. However, they are not related to modern pigs ...

Entelodont limbs were built for both speed ... Lessons from the Rise and Fall of Entelodonts The story of the hell pigs offers powerful lessons about survival, adaptation, and extinction.

“Hell pigs” aren’t just one species – the ... which suddenly seem much more friend-shaped when compared to an entelodont. Some members of the group were a fair bit smaller, which might ...

Entelodonts, also known as “hell pigs”, had powerful heads ... diets than previously thought for both anthracotheres and entelodont species. In the microwear dental analysis of the two ...

The idea that these little piggies had roast beef and whatever else they damn well pleased helped make nicknames like “terminator pig” or “hell pig” stick, and was even explored in a ...

The fossil, about the size of a candy bar, belonged to an entelodont — better known as a hell pig, according to a Facebook post from the Mississippi Archaeological Association’s Delta Chapter.