SynapsidaTayassuidae

Platygonus compressus

Platygonus compressus skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, length ~1.1 m.
Scale bar = 20 centimeters
Taxon
Platygonus compressus LeConte, 1848
Reconstructed length
~1.1 m (3.5 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2010
Clade
  1. Synapsida
  2. Therapsida
  3. Mammalia
  4. Placentalia
  5. Laurasiatheria
  6. Artiodactyla
  7. Tayassuidae

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A long-legged peccary from the Pleistocene of North America. Platygonus had a narrow, deep skull and slender limbs good for running. Platygonus is often found in bone assemblages of multiple individuals, suggesting it lived in sounders (herds of boars).

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