Tetraconodon (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Suidae) from the Late Miocene Dhok Pathan Formation of Pakistan. | [Pakistan Journal of Zoology • 2013]

Author(s):

1. Muhammad Akbar Khan: Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan

2. Mahboob Iqbal: Zoology Department, Government College of Science, Wahdat Road, Lahore, Pakistan

3. Abdul Qayyum Nayyer: Department of Zoology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

4. Muhammad Akhtar: Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan

5. Mehreen Shahzadi: Zoology Department, Government College of Science, Wahdat Road, Lahore, Pakistan

6. Khalid Mahmood: Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract:

We describe here a suid molar originating from the Late Miocene Dhok Pathan type locality (Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan) of Dhok Pathan Formation, Middle Siwaliks, Northern Pakistan. The molar belongs to the large sized Pliocene suid Tetraconodon. The specimen, which is attributed to a tetraconodon, reliably matches with T. magnus, a rare taxon previously found in the Pliocene of the Siwaliks. The presence of this species in the Late Miocene of the Dhok Pathan type locality represents the oldest record in the Siwaliks.

Page(s): 975-980

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Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Year: 2013

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