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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
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
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
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