''Cypretherium coarctatum'' is an extinct

entelodont Entelodontidae, the entelodonts, are an extinct family of pig-like artiodactyls (even-toed ungulates) which inhabited the Northern Hemisphere (Asia, Europe, and North America) from the late Eocene to the Middle Miocene epochs, about 38-19 m ...

from the

Chadronian The Chadronian age within the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology is the North American faunal stage typically set from 38,000,000 to 33,900,000 years BP, a period of . It is usually considered to fall within the Eocene epoch. The Chadroni ...

strata of the Cypress Hills Formation in

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North ...

. The only known fossils are partial ribs, broken tusks and a femur are found in 1887.

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Fossils of Canada Entelodonts Eocene even-toed ungulates Paleontology in Saskatchewan Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera {{Paleo-eventoedungulate-stub