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Platygonus wagneri (Chacoan peccary)

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Platygonus (Parachoerus) carlesi wagneri was named by Rusconi (1930). It is extant.

It was recombined as Parachoerus carlesi wagneri by Kraglievich and Rusconi (1931); it was recombined as Platygonus wagneri by Rusconi (1948); it was recombined as Catagonus wagneri by Wetzel (1975), Wright (1998), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gasparini (2013); it was recombined as Parachoerus wagneri by Dutra et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Platygonus (Parachoerus) carlesi wagneri Rusconi
1931Parachoerus carlesi wagneri Kraglievich and Rusconi
1948Platygonus wagneri Rusconi
1975Catagonus wagneri Wetzel
1998Catagonus wagneri Wright p. 396
2008Catagonus wagneri Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2013Catagonus wagneri Gasparini p. 58
2017Parachoerus wagneri Dutra et al. p. 354

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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
specieswagneri(Rusconi 1930)

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 wagneri Rusconi 1930 [Chacoan peccary]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. P. Dutra et al. 2017Parachoerus wagneri differs from Parachoerus carlesi by having high crowned bunodont teeth [referred as Bzygodont^ by some authors (Gasparini 2007; Gasparini et al. 2009, 2013; Prothero and Grenader 2012)], a mesodont crown height, a small upper canine fossa, and a sagittal crest extending to the frontals.
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: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available