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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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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. †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 | |
|---|---|---|
| R. P. Dutra et al. 2017 | Tayassuini with a laterally expanded rostrum, well-developed upper canines, and developed hypocone in the PM3–4. |