Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Platygonini

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Platygonini Dutra et al. p. 355
2021Platygonini Prothero p. 53

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
tribePlatygonini

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.

Tr. †Platygonini Dutra et al. 2017
show all | hide all
G. †Macrogenis Wright 1993
hide
†Macrogenis crassigenis Matthew and Gidley 1904
G. †Platygonus Leconte 1848
hide
†Platygonus brachirostris Shotwell 1956
+
Invalid names: Platygonus pollenae Prothero and Grenader 2012 [synonym]
†Platygonus chapadmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Platygonus cinctus Ameghino 1886
†Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848
+
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
+
Invalid names: Selenogonus narinoensis Stirton 1947 [synonym]
†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
+
Invalid names: Platygonus cumberlandensis Gidley 1920 [synonym], Platygonus intermediatus Gidley 1921 [synonym], Platygonus intermedius Gidley 1920 [synonym]
Platygonus wagneri Rusconi 1930 [Chacoan peccary]
Invalid names: Antaodon Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Euchoerus Leidy 1853 [synonym], Hyops Leconte 1848 [synonym], Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893 [nomen dubium], Protochoerus Leconte 1848 [synonym], Selenogonus Stirton 1947 [synonym]
G. †Skinnerhyus Prothero and Pollen 2013
hide
†Skinnerhyus shermerorum Prothero and Pollen 2013
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. P. Dutra et al. 2017A long postcanine upper diastema (longer than the molar series) and a pm2 with two principal cusps are morphological traits shared by all Platygonini.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:10:33
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (215 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Platygonus sp., Platygonus marplatensis, Platygonus chapadmalensis, Platygonus scagliai (227799)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) Macrogenis crassigenis (18063)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Clarendonian peccary sp. (18142 18145 18245 18447 18496) Macrogenis crassigenis (18095 18171 18257 18273 18336) Macrogenis sp. (18042 18135 18227 18458) Tayassuidae indet. (18218)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (South Dakota) Macrogenis sp. (18352)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Macrogenis crassigenis (18134)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Platygonus sp. (18718)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Colorado) Platygonus pollenae (18495)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Platygonus rex, Prosthennops sp. (19015) Prosthennops brachirostris (18970)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Platygonus pollenae (18097)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Platygonus pollenae (18323)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Platygonus serus (18140)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Platygonus sp. (18738)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Platygonus sp. (18126 18359)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Colombia Platygonus marplatensis (92625)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Idaho) Platygonus pearcei (189134)
Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene5.333 - 0.129Uruguay (Canelones) Platygonus sp. (140047)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Platygonus bicalcaratus (20026 20028 20030 20032 20033 20050 20051 20052 20054 20060) Platygonus sp. (20022 20023 20025 20036)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Platygonus pearcei (20063) Platygonus sp. (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Platygonus sp. (19624 19625 19628 19629 19637 19638 19645 19647 19651 19654 19656 19657 19658 20303)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Guanajuato) Tayassuidae indet. (20077)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Platygonus bicalcaratus (19753 19754 19755 19760)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Platygonus bicalcaratus (19932 19934 19935 19936) Platygonus sp. (19929 19941 19942 19943 19945 19947)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) Platygonus pearcei (20009) Platygonus sp. (19965)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Colorado) Platygonus sp. (19744)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) Platygonus bicalcaratus (19981) Platygonus sp. (19655 19970)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Platygonus sp. (19955 19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Platygonus pearcei (22938) Platygonus sp. (19911 19913)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Platygonus sp. (19664 19685 20112 20115 20118 20119 20120 20122)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3Mexico (Jalisco) Platygonus sp. (20078)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Platygonus chapadmalensis (14180) Platygonus marplatensis (14175 14177 14181 199154 199156)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Platygonus scagliai (199155) Platygonus sp. (199160)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (México) Platygonus compressus (163820)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Jujuy) Platygonus uquiensis (141896)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Platygonus sp. (19703)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Venezuela (Monagas) Platygonus sp. (144977)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Colombia (Nariño) Selenogonus narinoensis (133585)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Argentina (Jujuy) Platygonus sp., Platygonus kraglievichi (232471)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Platygonus sp. (19927)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Platygonus bicalcaratus (19758 20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Platygonus tarijensis (70673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) Platygonus chapalmalensis (71304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mexico (Jalisco) Platygonus sp. (189787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129USA (West Virginia) Platygonus vetus (124540)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Platygonus tetragonus, Platygonus cumberlandensis, Platygonus vetus (126660)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Platygonus sp. (207456)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Platygonus cumberlandensis (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Platygonus compressus (123875 124319 125941)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Platygonus compressus (104673 108252) Platygonus vetus (104705)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Dicotyles compressus (93526) Platygonus compressus, Hyops depressifrons, Protochoerus prismaticus (87059)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Platygonus sp. (20285)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New York) Platygonus compressus (222868)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Platygonus vetus (93485)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Platygonus compressus (93373)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Platygonus compressus (20143) Platygonus sp. (20154 20347 20376 20500)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Platygonus sp. (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Iowa) Platygonus sp. (20556)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Platygonus compressus (20166 20295) Platygonus sp. (20301) Platygonus vetus (20293)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Platygonus indet. (20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Platygonus sp. (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Platygonus bicalcaratus (20187) Platygonus sp. (20128) Platygonus sp., Platygonus vetus (20327)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Platygonus cumberlandensis (20342) Platygonus sp. (20288 20498 20530) Platygonus vetus (20163)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Jalisco) Platygonus sp. (20539)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Platygonus bicalcaratus (20385) Platygonus compressus (20478) Platygonus cumberlandensis (20289) Platygonus sp. (20350) Platygonus vetus (20351 20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Platygonus cumberlandensis (20382)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Platygonus bicalcaratus (20563)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Platygonus sp., Platygonus cumberlandensis, Platygonus vetus, Platygonus intermedius (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Platygonus sp. (20389)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Bolivia (Tarija) Platygonus sp. (142544)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Virginia) Platygonus compressus (104662)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Platygonus sp. (225289)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Platygonus sp., Platygonus compressus (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Platygonus compressus (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Platygonus almenanii (227227)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Platygonus sp. (79582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Platygonus compressus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Dakota) Platygonus sp. (93333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Platygonus sp. (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Platygonus cumberlandensis (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Platygonus sp. (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Platygonus compressus (22643 63387)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Platygonus ticuli (212360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Platygonus compressus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Platygonus cumberlandensis (93486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Platygonus compressus (154804 154805) Platygonus sp. (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Platygonus compressus (20573 20593 20594 20634 79667) Platygonus sp. (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Platygonus compressus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kentucky) Platygonus sp. (74141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Platygonus sp. (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Platygonus compressus (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Platygonus compressus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Platygonus sp., Platygonus vetus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Platygonus alemanii (93527) Platygonus compressus (79683) Platygonus sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Platygonus compressus (79634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Platygonus compressus (63381)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Platygonus compressus (84189)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Platygonus compressus (107875) Platygonus sp. (104669 104688 104694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Platygonus sp. (212842)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Platygonus compressus (93256)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Platygonus sp. (104683 104701)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Platygonus compressus (63566 63567)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Platygonus sp. (104702)