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Volume 29, No. (5), 2019 (October)

NEW REMAINS OF MICROSTONYX (S UIDAE, ARTIODACTYLS) F ROM THE MIOCENE OF PAKISTAN

Z. Ahmad, K. Aftab, S. Azad, M. A. Khan

Z. Ahmad, K. Aftab*, S. Azad, M. A. Khan 
1 Department of Zoology, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan; Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat,
3 Punjab, Pakistan; Dr. Abu Bakr Fossil Display and Research Centre, Zoology Department, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Corresponding Author: dr.kiran@uog.edu.pk
Page Number(s): 1485-1490
Published Online First: October 01, 2019
Publication Date: October 01, 2019

ABSTRACT

The remains of Microstonyx are discovered during the fossil excavation from the Potwar plateau, northern Pakistan. The detailed comparison with the Dicoryphochoerus titanoides and Hippopotamodon sivalense, the specimens are assigned to Microstonyx major. The genus Microstonyx is characterized by elongated I2 and I3, gigantic suids but smaller than Hippopotamodon. The new molars of the rare species M. major reported here are recovered from Ava and Kund localities of the Siwalik Group.
Keywords: Suidae, Chinji, Siwaliks, Paleontology, Taxonomy
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