Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1920. Descriptions of some Pleistocene vertebrates found in the United States. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 58:83-146
Belongs to Platygonus according to O. P. Hay 1920
Sister taxa: Platygonus bicalcaratus, Platygonus brachirostris, Platygonus chapadmalensis, Platygonus cinctus, Platygonus compressus, Platygonus kraglievichi, Platygonus marplatensis, Platygonus oregonensis, Platygonus pearcei, Platygonus rex, Platygonus scagliae, Platygonus striatus, Platygonus texanus, Platygonus ticuli, Platygonus vetus, Antaodon cinctus
Type specimen: USNM 519, a tooth (A lower right canine, with most of the crown missing)
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platygonus setiger in the database
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