Microstonyx aff. major (GERVAIS, 1848)

Tesakov, Alexey S., Titov, Vadim V., Simakova, Alexandra N., Frolov, Pavel D., Syromyatnikova, Elena V., Kurshakov, Sergey V., Volkova, Natalia V., Trikhunkov, Yaroslav I., Sotnikova, Marina V., Kruskop, Sergey V., Zelenkov, Nikita V., Tesakova, Ekaterina M. & Palatov, Dmitry M., 2017, Late Miocene (Early Turolian) Vertebrate Faunas And Associated Biotic Record Of The Northern Caucasus: Geology, Taxonomy, Palaeoenvironment, Biochronology, Fossil Imprint 73 (3 - 4), pp. 383-444 : 414

Microstonyx aff. major (GERVAIS, 1848)

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M a t e r i a l. dP4 sin, Volchaya Balka (bed 3).

C o m m e n t s. The deciduous premolar dP4 (19.5 × 17.3 mm) is generally larger than in Propotamochoerus , but similar to Microstonyx . The size and shape of the specimen coincide with those of Microstonyx major from Samos and Nikiti 1 ( Greece) ( Kostopoulos 1994). The widespread European species Microstonyx major is fairly widespread in the Late Miocene of Europe (MN 10 through MN 12) ( van der Made and Moya-Sola 1989, van der Made 1990).

Figures

Text-fig. 15. Large mammal remains from Gaverdovsky and Volchaya Balka, Late Miocene, North Caucasus. a – Hipparion cf. moldavicum, SSC-RAS G-1/1, upper right M1–2, occlusal view, Gaverdovsky; b – Hipparion aff. gromovae, SSC-RAS G-1/2, lower right m3, occlusal view, Gaverdovsky; c – Hipparion sp., SSC-RAS G-1/4, lower right m1, occlusal view, Volchaya Balka; d–e – Microstonyx aff. major, SSC-RAS G-1/3, upper left dP4, d – occlusal view, e – lingual view, Volchaya Balka.