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Tayassuidae Palmer 1897

Description

Family TAYASSUIDAE Palmer 1897

Subfamily TYASSUINAE Palmer 1897 Genus Platygonus Le Conte 1848: 1031

Synonymy

Hyops Le Conte 1848: 104.

Protochoerus Le Conte 1848: 105–106 (Nomen dubium).

Euchoerus Leidy 1853: 340.

Coyametla Duges 1887: 16.

Listriodon Ameghino 19042: 76.

Mylohyus Rusconi 1930: 191–195 (nec Cope 1889: 134).

Argyrohyus Kraglievich 1959: 230.

Selenogonus Stirton 1947: 322.

Include Antaodon Ameghino 1886: 149.

Parachoerus Rusconi 1930: 1503.

Brasiliochoerus Rusconi 1930: 160– 1633.

Type species: Platygonus compressus Le Conte 1848

Notes

Published as part of Gasparini, G. M. & Ubilla, M., 2011, Platygonus sp. (Mammalia: Tayassuidae) in Uruguay (Raigón? Formation; Pliocene-early Pleistocene), comments about its distribution and palaeoenvironmental significance in South America, pp. 2855-2870 in Journal of Natural History 45 (45 - 46) on page 2859, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.620716, http://zenodo.org/record/5204837

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Palmer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Tayassuidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Tayassuidae Palmer, 1897 sec. Gasparini & Ubilla, 2011

References

  • Le Conte JL. 1848. Notice of five new species of fossil Mammalia from Illinois. Am. J. Sci., ser. 2 (5): 102 - 106.
  • Leidy J. 1853. A memoir on the extinct peccary Dicotylinae of America. Trans Am Philos Soc. n. s. 10: 223 - 243.
  • Duges A. 1887. Platygonus alemanii. Nobis fosil cuaternario. La Naturaleza, per. cient. Soc Mexicana Hist Nat. 1 (2): 16 - 18.
  • Rusconi C. 1930. Las especies fosiles argentinas de pecaries y sus relaciones con las del Brasil y Norteamerica. Anal Mus Nacl Hist Nat " Bernardino Rivadavia ". 36: 121 - 241.
  • Cope ED. 1889. The Artiodactyla. Am Naturalist 23: 111 - 136.
  • Kraglievich JL. 1959. Rectificacion acerca de los supuestos molares humanos fosiles de Miramar (provincia de Buenos Aires). Rev Inst Antropol. 1: 223 - 236.
  • Stirton RA. 1947. A rodent and a peccary from the Cenozoic of Colombia. Comp Estud Geol Oficial Colomb. 7: 317 - 324.
  • Ameghino F. 1886. Contribuciones al conocimiento de los mamiferos fosiles de los terrenos terciarios antiguos del Parana. Bol Acad Nacl Cienc Cordoba. 9 (2): 5 - 228.