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Platygonus vetus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Platygonus vetus was named by Leidy (1882) [it is not clear from Leidy's description whether the type specimen represents one or two individuals]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Platygonus vetus Type Locality, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial gravel in Pennsylvania.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Platygonus vetus Leidy p. 302
1902Platygonus vetus Hay p. 661
1920Platygonus vetus Gidley p. 658
1920Platygonus cumberlandensis Gidley p. 659
1920Platygonus intermedius Gidley p. 660
1921Platygonus intermediatus Gidley
1931Platygonus vetus Elftman p. 13
1966Platygonus vetus Slaughter p. 486
1980Platygonus intermedius Kurten and Anderson p. 298
1980Platygonus vetus Kurten and Anderson p. 298
1998Platygonus cumberlandensis Wright p. 397
2017Platygonus cumberlandensis Dutra et al. p. 355
2021Platygonus vetus Prothero p. 56

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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
speciesvetus

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 vetus Leidy 1882
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Invalid names: Platygonus cumberlandensis Gidley 1920 [synonym], Platygonus intermediatus Gidley 1921 [synonym], Platygonus intermedius Gidley 1920 [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 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (New Mexico) Platygonus sp. (19970)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Platygonus bicalcaratus (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129USA (West Virginia) Platygonus vetus (124540)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Platygonus cumberlandensis, Platygonus vetus (126660)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Platygonus cumberlandensis (227368)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Platygonus vetus (type locality: 93485)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Platygonus vetus (104705)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Platygonus vetus (20327)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Platygonus vetus (20293)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Platygonus compressus (20478) Platygonus cumberlandensis (20289) Platygonus vetus (20351 20400)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Platygonus cumberlandensis, Platygonus vetus, Platygonus intermedius (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Platygonus cumberlandensis (20342) Platygonus sp. (20498 20530) Platygonus vetus (20163)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oklahoma) Platygonus cumberlandensis (20382)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Platygonus cumberlandensis (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Platygonus cumberlandensis (93486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Platygonus vetus (93251)