Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Alternative combination: Prosthennops rex
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. Description of Tertiary artiodactyles. American Journal of Science 48(285):259-275
Belongs to Platygonus according to D. R. Prothero 2021
See also Colbert 1935, Colbert 1938, Hay 1902, Marsh 1894, Matthew 1924, Schultz 1937, Thorpe 1924 and Wright 1998
Sister taxa: Platygonus bicalcaratus, Platygonus brachirostris, Platygonus chapadmalensis, Platygonus cinctus, Platygonus compressus, Platygonus kraglievichi, Platygonus marplatensis, Platygonus oregonensis, Platygonus pearcei, Platygonus scagliae, Platygonus setiger, Platygonus striatus, Platygonus texanus, Platygonus ticuli, Platygonus vetus, Antaodon cinctus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platygonus rex in the database
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