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Catagonus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Catagonus Ameghino p. 73
1988Catagonus Carroll
1997Catagonus McKenna and Bell p. 398
1998Catagonus Wright p. 395
2005Catagonus Boisserie et al.
2008Catagonus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 2
2013Catagonus Gasparini p. 58
2017Catagonus Dutra et al. p. 353

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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
tribeTayassuini
genusCatagonus

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.

G. †Catagonus Ameghino 1904
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Catagonus bonaerensis Ameghino 1904
Catagonus carlesi Rusconi 1930
Catagonus metropolitanus Ameghino 1904
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. P. Dutra et al. 2017Tayassuini with a laterally expanded rostrum, well-developed upper canines, and developed hypocone in the PM3–4.
Measurements
partNmean
Mandible height193.0
Skull height1114.0

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Lujanian or 10.30000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Nayarit) C. sp. (212339)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Michoacán) C. sp. (212337)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) C. sp. (18340)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Chihuahua) Prosthennops sp. (18755)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. sp. (71304)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Bolivia (Tarija) C. stenocephalus (142544)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) C. sp. (203955)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) C. sp. (140159)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) C. stenocephalus (203912)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay C. sp. (71274 212684)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) C. sp. (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Rios) C. sp. (93265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) C. sp. (148417)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Tocantins) C. stenocephalus (149493)