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Prosthennops Xiphodonticus, Sp. Nov. A New Fossil Peccary From Nebraska, Erwin H. Barbour
Prosthennops Xiphodonticus, Sp. Nov. A New Fossil Peccary From Nebraska, Erwin H. Barbour
Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum
During the field season of 1915, while collecting, a mile or two west of Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska, Messrs. A. C. Whitford and J. B. Burnett secured for the Morrill-Maiben Palaeontological Collections, The Nebraska State Museum, The University of Nebraska, a finely preserved jaw of a small fossil hog, or peccary, belonging to the genus Frosthennops, accessioned No. 85-11-8-15B. & W.
The mandible under consideration was preserved in fine sand and is without blemish save that the condyle and coronoid are wanting. The dentition is perfect. In allusion to the sword-like tusks, which are unduly large, the species name xiphodonticus …