Microstonyx

Microstonyx Temporal range: 11.608–7.246  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Skull
Scientific 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

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

References

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.