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Platygonus bicalcaratus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4971505https://www.gbif.org/species/4971505
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)50406https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=50406
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus bicalcaratus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus bicalcaratus
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 bicalcaratusCope 1893
Generic NamePlatygonus
Scientific NamePlatygonus bicalcaratus Cope, 1893
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Platygonus bicalcaratusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated with evidenceCope, 1893
Platygonus bicalcaratusspeciesbelongs to Platygonusstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser, grazer (based on Platygonus)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. D. Cope. 1893. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado. Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892:11-136

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Platygonus texanus Gidley, 1903GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus texanus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1893Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope p. 68
1902Platygonus bicalcaratus Hay p. 660
1903Platygonus texanus Gidley p. 478 figs. 2, 5
1980Platygonus bicalcaratus Kurten and Anderson p. 298

References

Cope E. D. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado, Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892, 11-136
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
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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