Platygonus

Platygonus
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pleistocene
~10.3–0.011 Ma
Platygonus compressus skeleton at Harvard University
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tayassuidae
Genus: †Platygonus
LeConte 1848
Type species
†Platygonus compressus
LeConte 1848
Species

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Synonyms
  • Euchoerus Leidy 1853
  • Hyops LeConte 1848
  • Protochoerus LeConte 1848
  • Selenogonus Stirton 1947

Platygonus ("flat head" in reference to the straight shape of the forehead)[1] is an extinct genus of herbivorous peccaries of the family Tayassuidae, endemic to North and South America from the Miocene through Pleistocene epochs (10.3 million to 11,000 years ago), existing for about 10.289 million years.[2] P. compressus stood 2.5 feet (0.76 meters) tall.[3][4]

Restoration
  1. ^ "Peccary". Idaho Museum of Natural History. November 2002. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Paleodb-42437 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Perry, Tahlia; van Loenen, Ayla L.; Heiniger, Holly; Lee, Carol; Gongora, Jaime; Cooper, Alan; Mitchell, Kieren J. (July 2017). "Ancient DNA analysis of the extinct North American flat-headed peccary (Platygonus compressus)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 112: 258–267. Bibcode:2017MolPE.112..258P. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.024. ISSN 1095-9513. PMID 28363818.
  4. ^ "Flat-headed Peccary | Explore the Ice Age Midwest". iceage.museum.state.il.us. Retrieved 2021-08-10.