Biology:Tetraconodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
| Tetraconodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Tetraconodontinae |
| Genus: | †Tetraconodon Falconer, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| †Tetraconodon magnum Falconer, 1868
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Tetraconodon was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the middle and late Miocene in Asia (India , Pakistan , Thailand, Myanmar).[2][3][4]
Description
The last two pairs of premolars of Tetraconodon were extremely large, while the first two premolars were small, a unique characteristic of tetraconodontinae not found in other suids.[1]
Tetraconodon magnum was largest species, while T. malensis is the smallest.[5] Originally known from only the oversized premolars, T. magnum was once believed to have reached sizes comparable to that of a hippopotamus or rhinoceros.[6] Once more material was recovered, such size estimates were invalidated, but it was nonetheless a large suid.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (2007) (in en). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. JHU Press. p. 145. ISBN 9780801887352. https://books.google.com/books?id=qO8H_alEofAC. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Tetraconodon". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=42417.
- ↑ "PBDB" (in en). https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42417&is_real_user=1.
- ↑ "Tetraconodontinae". http://tolweb.org/Tetraconodontinae/51805.
- ↑ Muhammad, A.K. (2013). "Tetraconodon (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Suidae) From the Late Miocene Dhok Pathan Formation of Pakistan". Pakistan J. Zool 45 (4): 975-980.
- ↑ Falconer, Hugh; Murchison, Charles (1868). Palaeontological Memoirs and Notes of the Late Hugh Falconer With a Biographical Sketch of the Author · Volume 1. R. Hardwicke.
Wikidata ☰ Q21367626 entry
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