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Article Dans Une Revue Comptes Rendus. Palevol Année : 2007

A new rare suiform (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the early Miocene of East Africa.

M. Pickford
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Fossils of an unnamed large suiform have been recovered from two Early Miocene localities in East Africa. The material is distinct from other species of the suborder, including the anthracothere Brachyodus aequatorialis, which is of similar size. The upper molars of the new form are bunodont, quadricuspidate (with a tiny paraconule), and have no buccal styles (parastyle, mesostyle, metastyle) and the enamel is thin and lightly wrinkled to smooth, which contrasts strongly with upper molars of Brachyodus which are pentacuspidate, selenodont, have pervasively wrinkled enamel and well-developed parastyle, mesostyle and metastyle. A new genus and species is erected for this suiform, which is most likely an anthracothere.

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Paléontologie

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hal-00200781 , version 1 (21-12-2007)

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M. Pickford. A new rare suiform (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the early Miocene of East Africa.. Comptes Rendus. Palevol, 2007, 6 (3), pp.221-229. ⟨10.1016/j.crpv.2006.11.002⟩. ⟨hal-00200781⟩
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