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Platygonus
Taxonomy
Platygonus was named by Leconte (1848) [originally spelled Platigonus].
It was assigned to Tayassuinae by Hay (1902), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Wright (1998); to Tayassuidae by Le Conte (1848), Gidley (1920), Hoare et al. (1964), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988) and Gasparini (2013); and to Platygonini by Dutra et al. (2017) and Prothero (2021).
It was assigned to Tayassuinae by Hay (1902), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Wright (1998); to Tayassuidae by Le Conte (1848), Gidley (1920), Hoare et al. (1964), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988) and Gasparini (2013); and to Platygonini by Dutra et al. (2017) and Prothero (2021).
Species
Antaodon cinctus, P. bicalcaratus, P. brachirostris (syn. P. pollenae), P. chapadmalensis, P. cinctus, P. compressus (syn. Hyops depressifrons, P. leptorhinus, Protochoerus prismaticus, Euchoerus macrops, Dicotyles costatus, P. alemanii), P. kraglievichi, P. marplatensis (syn. Selenogonus narinoensis), P. oregonensis, P. pearcei, P. rex, P. scagliae, P. setiger, P. striatus, P. texanus, P. ticuli, P. vetus (syn. P. intermedius, P. cumberlandensis, P. intermediatus)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1848 | Platygonus Le Conte |
1848 | Platygonus Leconte p. 103 figs. Fig. 1 |
1848 | Hyops Leconte p. 104 figs. not figured |
1848 | Protochoerus Leconte p. 106 |
1853 | Euchoerus Leidy |
1871 | Platygonus striatus Marsh p. 41 |
1886 | Antaodon Ameghino |
1893 | Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope p. 68 |
1898 | Antaodon Trouessart p. 1003 |
1902 | Platygonus Hay p. 660 |
1902 | Platygonus bicalcaratus Hay p. 660 |
1902 | Platygonus striatus Hay p. 661 |
1920 | Platygonus Gidley p. 656 |
1947 | Selenogonus Stirton |
1964 | Platygonus Hoare et al. p. 208 |
1967 | Platygonus Wilson p. 215 |
1980 | Platygonus Kurten and Anderson p. 297 |
1980 | Platygonus bicalcaratus Kurten and Anderson p. 298 |
1988 | Platygonus Carroll |
1996 | Antaodon Domning p. 393 |
1997 | Platygonus McKenna and Bell p. 397 |
1998 | Platygonus Wright p. 395 |
2013 | Platygonus Gasparini p. 58 |
2017 | Platygonus Dutra et al. p. 355 |
2021 | Platygonus Prothero p. 53 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Platygonus Leconte 1848
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†Platygonus brachirostris Shotwell 1956
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Invalid names: Platygonus pollenae Prothero and Grenader 2012 [synonym]
†Platygonus chapadmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Platygonus cinctus Ameghino 1886
†Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848
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Invalid names: Dicotyles costatus Le Conte 1852 [synonym], Euchoerus macrops Leidy 1853 [synonym], Hyops depressifrons Leconte 1848 [synonym], Platygonus alemanii Dugès 1887 [synonym], Platygonus leptorhinus Williston 1894 [synonym], Protochoerus prismaticus Leconte 1848 [synonym]
†Platygonus kraglievichi Rusconi 1930
†Platygonus oregonensis Colbert 1938
†Platygonus pearcei Gazin 1938
†Platygonus rex Marsh 1894
†Platygonus scagliae Reig 1952
†Platygonus setiger Hay 1920
†Platygonus texanus Gidley 1903
†Platygonus ticuli Mones 1974
†Platygonus vetus Leidy 1882
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Invalid names: Platygonus cumberlandensis Gidley 1920 [synonym], Platygonus intermediatus Gidley 1921 [synonym], Platygonus intermedius Gidley 1920 [synonym]
Invalid names: Antaodon Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Euchoerus Leidy 1853 [synonym], Hyops Leconte 1848 [synonym], Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893 [nomen dubium], Platygonus striatus Marsh 1871 [nomen dubium], Protochoerus Leconte 1848 [synonym], Selenogonus Stirton 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available