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1 September 2005 A revision of Tetraconodon (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Suidae) from the Miocene of Myanmar and description of a new species
THAUNG-HTIKE, TAKEHISA TSUBAMOTO, MASANARU TAKAI, MASAHITO NATORI, NAOKO EGI, MAUNG-MAUNG, CHIT-SEIN
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Abstract

We describe five new dentognathic specimens of Tetraconodon, a genus of Miocene tetraconodontine suid (Mammalia, Artiodactyla), discovered in Myanmar (= Burma). In Myanmar, we recognized three distinct species of Tetraconodon (T. minor, T. intermedius and T. malensis sp. nov.) and one specifically undetermined specimen, which is here named Tetraconodon sp. cf. T. intermedius. The new species, T. malensis, has characteristics of Tetraconodon, such as extremely enlarged P4 and simple and relatively small M3. It is distinct from the other Tetraconodon species in being much smaller, suggesting that it is the most primitive known Tetraconodon species. The dental size and characteristics of T. malensis suggest that Tetraconodon was derived during the late middle Miocene from the early middle Miocene Conohyus sindiensis, which was discovered in the Siwalik Group of Indo-Pakistan and Nepal and has also been found in the middle Miocene deposits of Thailand, or a close relative. The discovery of the most primitive form in Myanmar suggests that Tetraconodon may have originated in Myanmar.

THAUNG-HTIKE, TAKEHISA TSUBAMOTO, MASANARU TAKAI, MASAHITO NATORI, NAOKO EGI, MAUNG-MAUNG, and CHIT-SEIN "A revision of Tetraconodon (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Suidae) from the Miocene of Myanmar and description of a new species," Paleontological Research 9(3), 243-254, (1 September 2005). https://doi.org/10.2517/prpsj.9.243
Received: 28 October 2004; Accepted: 19 July 2005; Published: 1 September 2005
KEYWORDS
Mammalia
Miocene
Myanmar
new species
Suidae
Tetraconodon
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