Dasychoerus strozzii ( Meneghini, 1862 )

Pickford, Martin, 2013, Re-assessment of the suids from the Sables marins de Montpellier and selection of a lectotype for Sus provincialis Blainville, 1847, Geodiversitas 35 (3), pp. 655-689 : 660

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https://doi.org/10.5252/g2013n3a8the

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5463700

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scientific name

Dasychoerus strozzii ( Meneghini, 1862 )
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Dasychoerus strozzii ( Meneghini, 1862)

Sus strozzii Meneghini, 1862: 17-33 . — Azzaroli 1975: pl. 4, fig. 8, 8a. — Faure 2004: 189, 190, fig. 1.

Sus provincialis Blainville, 1847 : pl. 9, G Sus, S. provincialis Montpellier (only the m/2-m/3) partim. — Gervais 1850: 100, pl. 3 fig. 3 partim; 1859: 177, pl. 3, fig. 3 partim. For an exhaustive synonymy list, see Azzaroli (1954).

LECTOTYPE. — IGF 424 View Materials , adult male skull, mandible and partial skeleton from Upper Val d’Arno , Italy.

REMARK

Differential diagnosis Dasychoerus strozzii differs from Dasychoerus arvernensis by its much larger dimensions. It is also larger than “ Sus ” provincialis .

AZZAROLI A. 1954. - Filogenesi e biologia di Sus strozzii e di Sus minor. Palaeontographica italica ns 18: 41 - 76.

AZZAROLI A. 1975. - Remarks on the Pliocene Suidae of Europe. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 40: 355 - 367.

BLAINVILLE H. M. D. DE 1847. - Osteographie ou description iconographique comparee du squelette et du systeme dentaire des cinq classes d'animaux vertebres recents et fossiles, pour servir de base a la Zoologie et a la Geologie. Vol. 4, AA, Sur les Hippopotames et les Cochons. Atlas 4, Paris, Bertrand, 1 - 248, 93 pls.

FAURE M. 2004. - Le Sus strozzi du Pliocene final de Saint-Vallier (Drome). Geobios 37: 189 - 190.

GERVAIS P. 1850. - Zoologie et Paleontologie francaises (animaux vertebres) ou nouvelles recherches sur les animaux vivants et fossiles de la France. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1 - 3, pp. viii + 271 (the volume is dated 1848 - 1852, but the part dealing with Sus provincialis dates from 1850).

MENEGHINI G. 1862. - Descrizione dei resti di due fiere trovati nelle ligniti mioceniche di Montebamboli. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Milano 4: 17 - 33.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Suidae

Genus

Dasychoerus