Platygonus vetus Type Locality (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (40.8° N, 77.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 77.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• age not indicated, presumed Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; argillaceous gravel

• "in clay and gravel, in a limestone quarry"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: salvage,

• "submitted for examination by Mr. Wm. B. Henderson" (repository, collector, and collection date not indicated)

Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1882. On an extinct peccary. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 34(3):301-302 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93485: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus vetus n. sp. Leidy 1882 peccary