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Platygonus marplatensis

Osteichthyes - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Platygonus marplatensis was named by Reig (1952). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is First point north of Barranca de los Lobos, level III-IV, which is in a Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Chapadmalal Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. almenanii, P. chapalmalensis, P. tarijensis, P. tetragonus, P. uquiensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Selenogonus narinoensis Stirton
1952Platygonus marplatensis Reig
1997Platygonus narinoensis McKenna and Bell
2013Platygonus marplatensis Gasparini p. 58
2017Platygonus marplatensis Dutra et al. p. 355

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
—Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
tribePlatygonini
genusPlatygonus
speciesmarplatensisReig 1952

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.

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Invalid names: Selenogonus narinoensis Stirton 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:35:33
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:35:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Platygonus marplatensis (227799)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Colombia Platygonus marplatensis (92625)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Platygonus marplatensis (type locality: 14175 14177 14181 199154 199156)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Colombia (Nariño) Selenogonus narinoensis (133585)
Uquian3.0 - 1.75Argentina (Buenos Aires) Platygonus sp. (199160)