Platygonus
Platygonus ("flat head" in reference to the straight shape of the forehead) is an extinct genus of herbivorous peccaries of the family Tayassuidae, endemic to North and South America from the Miocene through Pleistocene epochs (10.3 million to 11,000 years ago), existing for about 10.289 million years. P. compressus stood 2.5 feet (0.76 meters) tall.
| Platygonus | |
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| Platygonus compressus skeleton at Harvard University | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tayassuidae |
| Genus: | †Platygonus LeConte 1848 |
| Type species | |
| †Platygonus compressus LeConte 1848 | |
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