†Dicotyles platensis Ameghino 1904 (peccary)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Belongs to Dicotyles according to F. Ameghino 1904
Sister taxa: Dicotyles hesperius, Dicotyles major, Dicotyles torquatus, Dicotyles traunmulleri
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dicotyles platensis in the database
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