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Platygonus compressus

Description

Platygonus compressus, the flat-headed peccary, is an extinct mammal species from the Tayassuidae-family, that lived in North-America during the Pleistocene. It was first described in 1848 by John L. Leconte.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4971501https://www.gbif.org/species/4971501
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)50408https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=50408
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus compressus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus compressus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
superfamilySuoideaGray 1821
familyTayassuidaePalmer 1897
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
tribePlatygoniniDutra et al. 2017
genusPlatygonusLeconte 1848
speciesPlatygonus compressusLeconte 1848
Generic NamePlatygonus
Scientific NamePlatygonus compressus (Leconte, 1848)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Platygonus compressusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated with evidenceLe Conte, 1848
Platygonus compressusspeciesbelongs to Dicotylesstated with evidenceLeidy, 1860
Platygonus compressusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Platygonus compressusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated with evidencePeterson, 1914
Platygonus compressusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated without evidenceGidley, 1920
Platygonus compressusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated with evidenceSimpson, 1949
Platygonus compressusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated without evidenceHoare et al., 1964
Platygonus compressusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated with evidenceSlaughter, 1966
Platygonus compressusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated without evidenceSlaughter, 1966
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser, grazer (based on Platygonus)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. L. Leconte. 1848. Notice of five new species of fossil Mammalia from Illinois. American Journal of Science and Arts 5:102-106
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platygonus_compressus

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Hyops depressifrons Leconte, 1848GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Hyops depressifrons
Dicotyles costatus Le Conte, 1852GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Dicotyles costatus
Protochoerus prismaticus Leconte, 1848GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Protochoerus prismaticus
Platygonus leptorhinus Williston, 1894GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus leptorhinus
Dicotyles compressus (Leconte, 1848)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Dicotyles compressus
Platygonus alemani Dugès, 1887GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus alemani
Euchoerus macrops Leidy, 1853GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Euchoerus macrops
Euchoerus macropus Leidy, 1853GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Euchoerus macropus

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
YearName and Author
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

References

Leconte J. L. Notice of five new species of fossil Mammalia from Illinois, American Journal of Science and Arts 5, 102-106
Leidy J. Observations on the extinct peccary of North America; being a sequel to "A memoir on the extinct Dicotylinae of America", Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 11, 97-105
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Gidley J. W. (1920) Pleistocene peccaries from the Cumberland cave deposit, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57 2324, 651-678
Hoare R. D., Coash J. R., et al (1964) Pleistocene peccary Platygonus compressus Leconte from Sandusky County, Ohio, Ohio Journal of Science 64 3, 207-214
Slaughter B. H. (1966) The Moore Pit local fauna; Pleistocene of Texas, Journal of Paleontology 40 1, 78-91
Wilson R. L. (1967) The Pleistocene vertebrates of Michigan, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52, 197-234
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
Wright D. B. (1998) Tayassuidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 389-401
Dutra R. P., Casali D. de M., et al (2017) Phylogenetic Systematics of Peccaries (Tayassuidae: Artiodactyla) and a Classification of South American Tayassuids, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24 3, 345-358 doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9347-8
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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