This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Metridiochoerus
In 1926, Arthur T. Hopwood named Metridiochoerus based on a very large lower jaw. The name means "Frightful pig" due to its considerably large size compared to modern swine.
Metridiochoerus was 1.5 meters in length and had 2 pairs of large tusks. As it evolved over time its teeth, especially its third molars became increasingly high-crowned.
(side note, its almost impossible to find details of the origins of the fossils online... sigh...)