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Platygonus

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Platygonus Le Conte
1848Platygonus Leconte p. 103 figs. Fig. 1
1848Hyops Leconte p. 104 figs. not figured
1848Protochoerus Leconte p. 106
1853Euchoerus Leidy
1871Platygonus striatus Marsh p. 41
1886Antaodon Ameghino
1893Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope p. 68
1898Antaodon Trouessart p. 1003
1902Platygonus Hay p. 660
1902Platygonus bicalcaratus Hay p. 660
1902Platygonus striatus Hay p. 661
1920Platygonus Gidley p. 656
1947Selenogonus Stirton
1964Platygonus Hoare et al. p. 208
1967Platygonus Wilson p. 215
1980Platygonus Kurten and Anderson p. 297
1980Platygonus bicalcaratus Kurten and Anderson p. 298
1988Platygonus Carroll
1996Antaodon Domning p. 393
1997Platygonus McKenna and Bell p. 397
1998Platygonus Wright p. 395
2013Platygonus Gasparini p. 58
2017Platygonus Dutra et al. p. 355
2021Platygonus Prothero p. 53

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
tribePlatygonini
genusPlatygonus

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
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Invalid names: Selenogonus narinoensis Stirton 1947 [synonym]
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]
Invalid names: Antaodon Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Euchoerus Leidy 1853 [synonym], Hyops Leconte 1848 [synonym], Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893 [nomen dubium], Platygonus striatus Marsh 1871 [nomen dubium], Protochoerus Leconte 1848 [synonym], Selenogonus Stirton 1947 [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
Comments: browser-grazer based on stable isotopes (MacFadden and Cerling 1996)g
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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, MacFadden and Cerling 1996

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Holocene or 20.43000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (197 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp., P. marplatensis, P. chapadmalensis, P. scagliai (227799)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) P. pollenae (17980)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) P. serus (18140)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Colorado) P. pollenae (18495)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Prosthennops brachirostris (18970) Prosthennops oregonensis (19015)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) P. sp. (18718)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) P. pollenae (18097)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) P. sp. (18738)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (18126 18359)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Colombia P. marplatensis (92625)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Idaho) P. pearcei (189134)
Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene5.333 - 0.126Uruguay (Canelones) P. sp. (140047)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) P. sp. (19664 19685 20112 20115 20118 20119 20120 20122)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) P. pearcei (22938) P. sp. (19911 19913)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) P. pearcei (20063) P. sp. (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) P. bicalcaratus (20026 20028 20030 20032 20033 20050 20051 20052 20054 20060) P. sp. (20022 20023 20025 20036)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (19955 19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) P. bicalcaratus (19932 19934 19935 19936) P. sp. (19929 19941 19942 19943 19945 19947)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) P. pearcei (20009) P. sp. (19965)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Guanajuato) Tayassuidae indet. (20077)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Colorado) P. sp. (19744)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) P. bicalcaratus (19981) P. sp. (19655 19970)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) P. bicalcaratus (19753 19754 19755 19760)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) P. sp. (19624 19625 19628 19629 19637 19638 19645 19647 19651 19654 19656 19657 19658 20303)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3Mexico (Jalisco) P. sp. (20078)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. chapadmalensis (14180) P. marplatensis (14175 14177 14181 199154 199156)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. scagliai (199155) P. sp. (199160)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (México) P. compressus (163820)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Jujuy) P. uquiensis (141896)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) P. sp. (19703)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Colombia (Nariño) Selenogonus narinoensis (133585)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Venezuela (Monagas) P. sp. (144977)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Argentina (Jujuy) P. sp., P. kraglievichi (232471)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) P. bicalcaratus (19758 20384)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) P. sp. (19927)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. chapalmalensis (71304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) P. tarijensis (70673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mexico (Jalisco) P. sp. (189787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126USA (West Virginia) P. vetus (124540)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) P. sp. (207456)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) P. sp. (20285)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) P. tetragonus, P. cumberlandensis, P. vetus (126660)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New York) P. compressus (222868)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Dicotyles compressus (93526) P. compressus, Hyops depressifrons, Protochoerus prismaticus (87059)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) P. vetus (93485)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. cumberlandensis (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) P. compressus (93373)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. compressus (104673 108252) P. vetus (104705)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) P. compressus (123875 124319 125941)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) P. compressus (20166 20295) P. sp. (20301) P. vetus (20293)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) P. sp., P. cumberlandensis, P. vetus, P. intermedius (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) P. sp. (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Platygonus indet. (20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Iowa) P. sp. (20556)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) P. compressus (20143) P. sp. (20154 20347 20376 20500)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) P. cumberlandensis (20342) P. sp. (20288 20498 20530) P. vetus (20163)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) P. sp. (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) P. sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) P. bicalcaratus (20385) P. compressus (20478) P. cumberlandensis (20289) P. sp. (20350) P. vetus (20351 20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) P. bicalcaratus (20187) P. sp. (20128) P. sp., P. vetus (20327)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) P. cumberlandensis (20382)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Saskatchewan) P. bicalcaratus (20563)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Jalisco) P. sp. (20539)
Ensenadan1.2 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija) P. sp. (142544)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Virginia) P. compressus (104662)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) P. compressus (20491 195112)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) P. sp., P. compressus (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) P. sp. (225289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) P. compressus (84189)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. compressus (20573 20593 20594 20634 79667) P. sp. (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) P. almenanii (227227)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) P. compressus (93256)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. compressus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) P. ticuli (212360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) P. cumberlandensis (93486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) P. sp., P. vetus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. sp. (212842)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. compressus (107875) P. sp. (104669 104688 104694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) P. sp. (79582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) P. compressus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) P. compressus (63381)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) P. compressus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) P. cumberlandensis (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) P. compressus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) P. alemanii (93527) P. compressus (79683) P. sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Dakota) P. sp. (93333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) P. sp. (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Kentucky) P. sp. (74141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. compressus (154804 154805) P. sp. (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) P. compressus (79634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) P. compressus (22643 63387)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) P. compressus (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) P. sp. (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Virginia) P. sp. (104683 104701)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Missouri) P. compressus (63566 63567)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) P. sp. (104702)