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:
- Platygonus marplatensis: Its type locality is First point north of Barranca de los Lobos, level III-IV, which is in a Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Chapadmalal Formation of Argentina
- Selenogonus narinoensis:
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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