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