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Microstonyx

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Microstonyx
Temporal range: 11.608–7.246 Ma
Skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Microstonyx
Pilgrim 1926
Species
  • †M. binxianensis
  • †M. major
  • †M. antiquus

Microstonyx was an extinct genus of suid that existed during the Miocene in Asia and Europe.[1][2]

Geographic range

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Fossils of the species M. major have been found in Spain,[3] North Macedonia,[4] Turkiye,[5] and China.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Microstonyx". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  2. ^ "PBDB". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  3. ^ Made, Jan van der; Montoya, Plinio; Alcalá, Luis (1 January 1992). "Microstonyx (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Upper Miocene of Spain". Geobios. 25 (3): 395–413. Bibcode:1992Geobi..25..395M. doi:10.1016/0016-6995(92)80013-4. ISSN 0016-6995. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  4. ^ Spassov, Nikolaï; Geraads, Denis; Hristova, Latinka; Markov, Georgi N.; Garevska, Biljana; Garevski, Risto (2018). "The late Miocene mammal faunas of the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)". Palaeontographica A. 311 (1–6): 1–85. Bibcode:2018PalAA.311....1S. doi:10.1127/pala/2018/0073. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ^ MADE, JAN; GÜLEÇ, ERKSİN; ERKMAN, AHMET (1 January 2013). "Microstonyx (Suidae, Artiodactyla) from the Upper Miocene of Hayranlı-Haliminhanı, Turkey". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 37 (1): 106–122. doi:10.3906/zoo-1202-4. hdl:10261/130404. ISSN 1300-0179. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. ^ Liu, Liping; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S; Fortelius, Mikael (January–February 2004). "Late Miocene Microstonyx remains (Suidae, Mammalia) from Northern China". Geobios. 37 (1): 49–64. Bibcode:2004Geobi..37...49L. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.007. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.