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Catagonus
Taxonomy
Catagonus was named by Ameghino (1904).
It was assigned to Suidae by Ameghino (1904); to Tayassuinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Wright (1998), Boisserie et al. (2005); to Tayassuidae by Carroll (1988), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gasparini (2013); and to Tayassuini by Dutra et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Suidae by Ameghino (1904); to Tayassuinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Wright (1998), Boisserie et al. (2005); to Tayassuidae by Carroll (1988), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gasparini (2013); and to Tayassuini by Dutra et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Catagonus Ameghino p. 73 |
| 1988 | Catagonus Carroll |
| 1997 | Catagonus McKenna and Bell p. 398 |
| 1998 | Catagonus Wright p. 395 |
| 2005 | Catagonus Boisserie et al. |
| 2008 | Catagonus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2013 | Catagonus Gasparini p. 58 |
| 2017 | Catagonus Dutra et al. p. 353 |
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G. †Catagonus Ameghino 1904
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†Catagonus bonaerensis Ameghino 1904
†Catagonus carlesi Rusconi 1930
†Catagonus metropolitanus Ameghino 1904
†Catagonus stenocephalus Lund 1880
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. P. Dutra et al. 2017 | Tayassuini with a laterally expanded rostrum, well-developed upper canines, and developed hypocone in the PM3–4. |
Measurements
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| Mandible height | 1 | 93.0 | |||||
| Skull height | 1 | 114.0 |
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 9.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Nayarit) | C. sp. (212339) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Michoacán) | C. sp. (212337) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | C. sp. (18340) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Prosthennops sp. (18755) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | C. sp. (71304) | |
| Ensenadan | Bolivia (Tarija) | C. stenocephalus (142544) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | C. sp. (203955) | |
| Lujanian | Uruguay | C. sp. (71274 212684) | |
| Lujanian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | C. stenocephalus (203912) | |
| Lujanian (interglacial) | Uruguay (Salto) | C. sp. (140159) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Tocantins) | C. stenocephalus (149493) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | C. sp. (148417) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | C. sp. (191153) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Entre Rios) | C. sp. (93265) |