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Platygonus rex

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Platygonus rex was named by Marsh (1894).

It was recombined as Prosthennops rex by Thorpe (1924), Matthew (1924), Colbert (1935) and Schultz (1937); it was considered a nomen dubium by Colbert (1938) and Wright (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Platygonus rex Marsh p. 273
1902Platygonus rex Hay p. 661
1924Prosthennops rex Matthew
1924Prosthennops rex Thorpe
1935Prosthennops rex Colbert
1937Prosthennops rex Schultz
2021Platygonus rex Prothero p. 62

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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
speciesrex

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 rex Marsh 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available