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Platygonus brachirostris

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Prosthennops brachirostris was named by Shotwell (1956). Its type locality is McKay Reservoir, which is in a Hemphillian pond sandstone in the McKay Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Platygonus brachirostris by Wright (1998) and Prothero (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Prosthennops brachirostris Shotwell
1998Platygonus brachirostris Wright
2012Platygonus pollenae Prothero and Grenader pp. 1022-1025
2021Platygonus brachirostris Prothero p. 59

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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
speciesbrachirostris()

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 brachirostris Shotwell 1956
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Invalid names: Platygonus pollenae Prothero and Grenader 2012 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available