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Platygonus scagliae

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Platygonus scagliae was named by Reig (1952).

It was corrected as Platygonus scagliai by Dutra et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Platygonus scagliai Gasparini p. 58
2017Platygonus scagliai Dutra et al. p. 355

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
tribePlatygonini
genusPlatygonus
speciesscagliaeReig 1952

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 scagliae Reig 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:35:33
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:35:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Platygonus scagliai (227799)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) Platygonus scagliai (199155)