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Platygonus
Taxonomy
Platygonus was named by Leconte (1848) [originally spelled Platigonus].
It was assigned to Tayassuinae by Hay (1902), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Wright (1998); to Tayassuidae by Le Conte (1848), Gidley (1920), Hoare et al. (1964), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988) and Gasparini (2013); and to Platygonini by Dutra et al. (2017) and Prothero (2021).
It was assigned to Tayassuinae by Hay (1902), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Wright (1998); to Tayassuidae by Le Conte (1848), Gidley (1920), Hoare et al. (1964), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988) and Gasparini (2013); and to Platygonini by Dutra et al. (2017) and Prothero (2021).
Species
Antaodon cinctus, P. bicalcaratus, P. brachirostris (syn. P. pollenae), P. chapadmalensis, P. cinctus, P. compressus (syn. Hyops depressifrons, Euchoerus macrops, P. leptorhinus, Dicotyles costatus, P. alemanii, Protochoerus prismaticus), P. kraglievichi, P. marplatensis (syn. Selenogonus narinoensis), P. oregonensis, P. pearcei, P. rex, P. scagliae, P. setiger, P. texanus, P. ticuli, P. vetus (syn. P. intermediatus, P. cumberlandensis, P. intermedius), P. wagneri
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1848 | Platygonus Le Conte |
| 1848 | Platygonus Leconte p. 103 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 1848 | Hyops Leconte p. 104 figs. not figured |
| 1848 | Protochoerus Leconte p. 106 |
| 1853 | Euchoerus Leidy |
| 1886 | Antaodon Ameghino |
| 1893 | Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope p. 68 |
| 1898 | Antaodon Trouessart p. 1003 |
| 1902 | Platygonus Hay p. 660 |
| 1902 | Platygonus bicalcaratus Hay p. 660 |
| 1920 | Platygonus Gidley p. 656 |
| 1947 | Selenogonus Stirton |
| 1964 | Platygonus Hoare et al. p. 208 |
| 1967 | Platygonus Wilson p. 215 |
| 1980 | Platygonus Kurten and Anderson p. 297 |
| 1980 | Platygonus bicalcaratus Kurten and Anderson p. 298 |
| 1988 | Platygonus Carroll |
| 1996 | Antaodon Domning p. 393 |
| 1997 | Platygonus McKenna and Bell p. 397 |
| 1998 | Platygonus Wright p. 395 |
| 2013 | Platygonus Gasparini p. 58 |
| 2017 | Platygonus Dutra et al. p. 355 |
| 2021 | Platygonus Prothero p. 53 |
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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. †Platygonus Leconte 1848
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†Platygonus brachirostris Shotwell 1956
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Invalid names: Platygonus pollenae Prothero and Grenader 2012 [synonym]
†Platygonus chapadmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Platygonus cinctus Ameghino 1886
†Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848
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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
†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
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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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (197 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | P. sp., P. marplatensis, P. chapadmalensis, P. scagliai (227799) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Guanajuato) | P. sp. (18718) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | P. pollenae (18323) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Colorado) | P. pollenae (18495) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | P. pollenae (18097) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | P. rex, Prosthennops sp. (19015) Prosthennops brachirostris (18970) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | P. serus (18140) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Guanajuato) | P. sp. (18738) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | P. sp. (18126 18359) | |
| Pliocene | Colombia | P. marplatensis (92625) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Idaho) | P. pearcei (189134) | |
| Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene | Uruguay (Canelones) | P. sp. (140047) | |
| Blancan | USA (Texas) | P. bicalcaratus (20026 20028 20030 20032 20033 20050 20051 20052 20054 20060) P. sp. (20022 20023 20025 20036) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Guanajuato) | Tayassuidae indet. (20077) | |
| Blancan | USA (Washington) | P. pearcei (20063) P. sp. (20062) | |
| Blancan | USA (Colorado) | P. sp. (19744) | |
| Blancan | USA (Arizona) | P. sp. (19624 19625 19628 19629 19637 19638 19645 19647 19651 19654 19656 19657 19658 20303) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nevada) | P. pearcei (20009) P. sp. (19965) | |
| Blancan | USA (California) | P. sp. (19664 19685 20112 20115 20118 20119 20120 20122) | |
| Blancan | USA (New Mexico) | P. bicalcaratus (19981) P. sp. (19655 19970) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nebraska) | P. sp. (19955 19963) | |
| Blancan | USA (Idaho) | P. pearcei (22938) P. sp. (19911 19913) | |
| Blancan | USA (Florida) | P. bicalcaratus (19753 19754 19755 19760) | |
| Blancan | USA (Kansas) | P. bicalcaratus (19932 19934 19935 19936) P. sp. (19929 19941 19942 19943 19945 19947) | |
| Blancan - Irvingtonian | Mexico (Jalisco) | P. sp. (20078) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | P. chapadmalensis (14180) P. marplatensis (14175 14177 14181 199154 199156) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Jujuy) | P. uquiensis (141896) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | P. scagliai (199155) P. sp. (199160) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Mexico (México) | P. compressus (163820) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | P. sp. (19703) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Colombia (Nariño) | Selenogonus narinoensis (133585) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Argentina (Jujuy) | P. sp., P. kraglievichi (232471) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Venezuela (Monagas) | P. sp. (144977) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Kansas) | P. sp. (19927) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | P. bicalcaratus (19758 20384) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | P. chapalmalensis (71304) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Mexico (Jalisco) | P. sp. (189787) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | P. tarijensis (70673) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | P. vetus (124540) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | P. compressus (104673 108252) P. vetus (104705) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Jalisco) | P. sp. (20285) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | P. vetus (93485) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | P. sp. (207456) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New York) | P. compressus (222868) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | P. compressus (123875 124319 125941) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | P. cumberlandensis (227368) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | P. tetragonus, P. cumberlandensis, P. vetus (126660) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | P. compressus (93373) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Illinois) | Dicotyles compressus (93526) P. compressus, Hyops depressifrons, Protochoerus prismaticus (87059) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Oklahoma) | P. cumberlandensis (20382) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Iowa) | P. sp. (20556) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (South Dakota) | P. sp. (20389) | |
| Irvingtonian | Mexico (Aguascalientes) | P. sp. (20283) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | P. compressus (20166 20295) P. sp. (20301) P. vetus (20293) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (West Virginia) | Platygonus indet. (20555) | |
| Irvingtonian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | P. bicalcaratus (20563) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | P. cumberlandensis (20342) P. sp. (20288 20498 20530) P. vetus (20163) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | P. sp. (20354) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | P. compressus (20143) P. sp. (20154 20347 20376 20500) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | P. bicalcaratus (20187) P. sp. (20128) P. sp., P. vetus (20327) | |
| Irvingtonian | Mexico (Jalisco) | P. sp. (20539) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | P. bicalcaratus (20385) P. compressus (20478) P. cumberlandensis (20289) P. sp. (20350) P. vetus (20351 20400) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | P. sp., P. cumberlandensis, P. vetus, P. intermedius (20302) | |
| Ensenadan | Bolivia (Tarija) | P. sp. (142544) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | P. compressus (104662) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | P. sp., P. compressus (20495) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Texas) | P. sp. (225289) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | P. compressus (20491 195112) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | P. compressus (93256) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | P. compressus (93103) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Indiana) | P. cumberlandensis (20600) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | P. sp., P. vetus (93251) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | P. compressus (107875) P. sp. (104669 104688 104694) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | P. compressus (154804 154805) P. sp. (74292) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (South Dakota) | P. sp. (93333) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | P. compressus (93332) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Illinois) | P. cumberlandensis (93486) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | P. compressus (20573 20593 20594 20634 79667) P. sp. (20636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Arizona) | P. compressus (63381) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | P. sp. (76059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Kentucky) | P. sp. (74141) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Texas) | P. sp. (79582) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | P. alemanii (93527) P. compressus (79683) P. sp. (85142) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Ohio) | P. compressus (93334) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Ohio) | P. compressus (79634) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | P. sp. (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | P. compressus (84189) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Missouri) | P. compressus (75995) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Jalisco) | P. ticuli (212360) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | P. compressus (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Mexico) | P. almenanii (227227) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | P. compressus (22643 63387) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Idaho) | P. sp. (20569) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | P. sp. (212842) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | P. sp. (104683 104701) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Missouri) | P. compressus (63566 63567) | |
| Holocene | USA (Virginia) | P. sp. (104702) |