Listriodon guptai Pilgrim, 1926 (Mammalia, Suidae) from the early Miocene of the Bugti Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan: new insights into early Listriodontinae evolution and biogeography |
| |
Authors: | Maeva Judith Orliac Pierre-Olivier Antoine Grégoire Métais Laurent Marivaux Jean-Yves Crochet Jean-Loup Welcomme Syed Rafiqul Hassan Baqri Ghazala Roohi |
| |
Institution: | (1) Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université de Montpellier2, Montpellier, France;(2) Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Toulouse, France;(3) Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR 5143, Paris, France;(4) Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| |
Abstract: | New dental remains of listriodont suids are described from the lower member of the early to middle Miocene Vihowa Formation
of the Bugti Hills, Pakistan. The material is homogeneous in terms of morphology and dimensions and referred as a whole to
Listriodon guptai Pilgrim, 1926. This species is also mentioned in coeval deposits of the Zinda Pir Dome, Pakistan, dating back to ca. 19 Ma.
The early occurrence of an advanced listriodont in Pakistan constrains the age of acquisition of several characters correlated
to lophodonty within Listriodontini, and raises major questions about the early history of the Old World Listriodontinae.
Strong morphological similarity between Listriodon guptai and the African species Listriodon akatikubas found in the late early Miocene of Maboko (Kenya, ca. 16.5 Ma) suggests that this latter is most probably a migrant originating
from Asia. |
| |
Keywords: | Listriodontinae Lophodonty Bugti Hills Vihowa Formation Early Orleanian |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|