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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus vetus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus vetus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Platygonus |
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| Scientific Name | Platygonus vetus Leidy, 1882 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Platygonus vetus | species | belongs to Platygonus | stated with evidence | Leidy, 1882 | | Platygonus vetus | species | belongs to Platygonus | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Platygonus vetus | species | belongs to Platygonus | stated with evidence | Slaughter, 1966 | | Platygonus vetus | species | belongs to Platygonus | stated without evidence | Kurten and Anderson, 1980 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | browser, grazer (based on Platygonus) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Leidy. 1882. On an extinct peccary. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 34(3):301-302 |
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| Leidy J. On an extinct peccary, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 34 3, 301-302 |
| 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 |
| Elftman H. O. (1931) Pleistocene mammals of Fossil Lake, Oregon, American Museum Novitates 481, 1-21 |
| Slaughter B. H. (1966) Platygonus compressus and associated fauna from the Laubach Cave of Texas, American Midland Naturalist 75 2, 475-494 |
| Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442 |
Platygonus vetus ✝
