Platygonus texanus Gidley 1903 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1903. On two species of Platygonus from the Pliocene of Texas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(14):477-481

Belongs to Platygonus according to D. R. Prothero 2021

See also Gidley 1903, Hibbard and Riggs 1949, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Schultz 1990

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 ticuli, Platygonus vetus, Platygonus wagneri, Antaodon cinctus

Type specimen: AMNH 10702, a partial skull (palate containing the complete upper molar-premolar series, parts of the alveoli of the canines and incisors, and a portion of the upper anterior part of the sk)

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platygonus texanus in the database

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