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Platygonus compressus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Platygonus compressus was named by Leconte (1848) [originally spelled Platigonus compressus]. Its type specimen is ANSP 11512, 11515, 11522, 11524, 11533, 11534, 11539, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Galena (Snyder Collection), which is in a Pleistocene karst sandstone in Illinois.

It was recombined as Dicotyles compressus by Leidy (1860).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Platygonus compressus Le Conte p. 103
1848Platygonus compressus Leconte p. 103
1848Hyops depressifrons Leconte p. 106
1848Protochoerus prismaticus Leconte p. 106
1852Dicotyles costatus Le Conte
1853Euchoerus macrops Leidy
1860Dicotyles compressus Leidy p. 100
1887Platygonus alemanii Dugès
1894Platygonus leptorhinus Williston
1902Platygonus compressus Hay p. 660
1902Platygonus leptorhinus Hay p. 661
1914Platygonus compressus Peterson
1914Platygonus leptorhinus Peterson
1920Platygonus compressus Gidley p. 657
1920Platygonus alemani Gidley p. 658
1920Platygonus leptorhinus Gidley p. 659
1949Platygonus compressus Simpson
1964Platygonus compressus Hoare et al. p. 209
1966Platygonus compressus Slaughter p. 81
1967Platygonus compressus Wilson p. 215
1980Platygonus compressus Kurten and Anderson p. 299
1998Platygonus compressus Wright p. 297
2017Platygonus compressus Dutra et al. p. 355
2021Platygonus compressus Prothero p. 54

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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
speciescompressus

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 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 3.60000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (México) Platygonus compressus (163820)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Platygonus sp. (20285)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Platygonus compressus (93373)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New York) Platygonus compressus (222868)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Platygonus compressus (104673 108252)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Platygonus compressus (123875 124319 125941)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Dicotyles compressus (93526) Platygonus compressus, Hyops depressifrons, Protochoerus prismaticus (type locality: 87059)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Platygonus compressus (20166 20295)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Platygonus compressus (20143)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Virginia) Platygonus compressus (104662)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Platygonus compressus (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Platygonus compressus (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Platygonus compressus (63381)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Platygonus compressus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Platygonus compressus (20573 20593 20594 20634 79667) Platygonus sp. (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Platygonus compressus (154804 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Platygonus compressus (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Platygonus alemanii (93527) Platygonus compressus (79683)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Platygonus compressus (79634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Platygonus compressus (22643 63387)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Platygonus compressus (93256)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Platygonus compressus (107875)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Platygonus compressus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Platygonus compressus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Platygonus compressus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Platygonus compressus (84189)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Platygonus compressus (63566 63567)