Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Synonyms: Platygonus cumberlandensis Gidley 1920, Platygonus intermediatus Gidley 1921, Platygonus intermedius Gidley 1920
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1882. On an extinct peccary. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 34(3):301-302
Belongs to Platygonus according to B. H. Slaughter 1966
See also Dutra et al. 2017, Elftman 1931, Gidley 1920, Gidley and Gazin 1938, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1882, Prothero 2021, Wright 1995 and Wright 1998
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 setiger, Platygonus striatus, Platygonus texanus, Platygonus ticuli, Antaodon cinctus
Type specimens:
- Platygonus vetus: Its type locality is Platygonus vetus Type Locality, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial gravel in Pennsylvania
- Platygonus cumberlandensis: USNM 8146, a skull. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.
- Platygonus intermediatus:
- Platygonus intermedius: USNM 8148, a skull. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (21: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia collections)
• Blancan of United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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