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Platygonus pearcei
Taxonomy
Platygonus pearcei was named by Gazin (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 13800, a skeleton (a nearly complete adult skeleton,), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Platygonus pearcei Quarry, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Platygonus pearcei Gazin p. 41 figs. 1 - 3 |
| 1980 | Platygonus pearcei Kurten and Anderson p. 297 |
| 1998 | Platygonus pearcei Wright p. 397 |
| 2017 | Platygonus pearcei Dutra et al. p. 355 |
| 2021 | Platygonus pearcei Prothero p. 56 |
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†Platygonus pearcei Gazin 1938
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. L. Gazin 1938 | Size of skull slightly less than that of Platygonus cumberlandensis. Rostrum of skull elongate and slender. Cranium short. Articulation with lower jaw very low with respect to basicranium. No anteroventral projection or keel along symphysis of lower jaws. I3 present. Upper and lower canines slender. Cingula and accessory cuspules not strongly developed on cheek teeth. Inner and outer cusps of transverse lophs on molars more distinct than in Platygonus cumberlandensis. Heel or third lobe on M3 and m3 strong and simple. Third and fourth metacarpals not fused. Third and fourth metatarsals generally fused but not to the extent seen in Platygonus cumberlandensis. |