†Prosthennops kernensis Colbert 1938 (peccary)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
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 Prosthennops according to E. H. Colbert 1938
See also Wright 1998
Sister taxa: Prosthennops serus, Prosthennops ziegleri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kern River, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Kern River Formation of California
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Kern River
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