Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Alternative combination: Prosthennops oregonensis
Full reference: E. H. Colbert. 1938. Pliocene peccaries from the Pacific Coast region of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 487(6):241-269
Belongs to Platygonus according to D. B. Wright 1998
See also Colbert 1938
Sister taxa: Platygonus bicalcaratus, Platygonus brachirostris, Platygonus chapadmalensis, Platygonus cinctus, Platygonus compressus, Platygonus kraglievichi, Platygonus marplatensis, Platygonus pearcei, Platygonus rex, Platygonus scagliae, Platygonus setiger, Platygonus texanus, Platygonus ticuli, Platygonus vetus, Platygonus wagneri, Antaodon cinctus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rattlesnake, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial siltstone in the Rattlesnake Formation of Oregon
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution: found only at Rattlesnake
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