Prosthennops condoni Marsh 1871 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Alternative combination: Platygonus condoni

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Notice of some new fossil mammals from the Tertiary Formation. American Journal of Science 2(7):35-44

Belongs to Prosthennops according to E. H. Colbert 1935

See also Colbert 1938, Hay 1902, Marsh 1871, Matthew 1924 and Thorpe 1924

Sister taxa: Prosthennops kernensis, Prosthennops serus, Prosthennops ziegleri

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Prosthennops condoni in the database

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