Platygonus compressus
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Platygonus compressus, the flat-headed peccary, is an extinct mammal species from the Tayassuidae family that lived in North and South America during the Pleistocene. It was first described in 1848 by John L. Leconte.[1]
Quick Facts Platygonus compressus Temporal range: Pleistocene, Scientific classification ...
Platygonus compressus Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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Platygonus compressus skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Tayassuidae |
Genus: | †Platygonus |
Species: | †P. compressus |
Binomial name | |
†Platygonus compressus Leconte, 1848 | |
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