Platygonus marplatensis Reig 1952 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Synonyms: Platygonus narinoensis Stirton 1947, Selenogonus narinoensis Stirton 1947

Belongs to Platygonus according to R. P. Dutra et al. 2017

See also Gasparini 2013, Gasparini et al. 2021, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Stirton 1947

Sister taxa: Platygonus bicalcaratus, Platygonus brachirostris, Platygonus chapadmalensis, Platygonus cinctus, Platygonus compressus, Platygonus kraglievichi, Platygonus oregonensis, Platygonus pearcei, Platygonus rex, Platygonus scagliae, Platygonus setiger, Platygonus striatus, Platygonus texanus, Platygonus ticuli, Platygonus vetus, Antaodon cinctus

Type specimens:

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Colombia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Argentina (6), Colombia (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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