Platygonus oregonensis Colbert 1938 (peccary)

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 striatus, Platygonus texanus, Platygonus ticuli, Platygonus vetus, 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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