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Platygonus chapadmalensis

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Platygonus chapadmalensis was named by Ameghino (1908).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Platygonus chapadmalensis Ameghino
2013Platygonus chapadmalensis Gasparini
2017Platygonus chapadmalensis Dutra et al. p. 355

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
specieschapadmalensisAmeghino 1908

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.

†Platygonus chapadmalensis Ameghino 1908
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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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 23.04000 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Platygonus chapadmalensis (227799)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Platygonus chapadmalensis (14180)