Tetraconodon

Tetraconodon; Temporal range: 15.97–5.332 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Subfamily:	†Tetraconodontinae
Genus:	†Tetraconodon; Falconer, 1868
Type species
	†Tetraconodon magnum; Falconer, 1868
Species
	T. intermedius (van der Made, 1999); T. magnum; T. malensis (Htike et al., 2005); T. minor (Pilgrim, 1926);

Tetraconodon was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the middle and late Miocene in Asia (India, Pakistan, Thailand, Myanmar).

Description

The last two pairs of premolars of Tetraconodon were extremely large, while the first two premolars were small, a unique characteristic of tetraconodontinae not found in other suids.

Tetraconodon magnum was largest species, while T. malensis is the smallest. Originally known from only the oversized premolars, T. magnum was once believed to have reached sizes comparable to that of a hippopotamus or rhinoceros. Once more material was recovered, such size estimates were invalidated, but it was nonetheless a large suid.

References

1 2 3 Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. JHU Press. p. 145. ISBN 9780801887352. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
↑ "Fossilworks: Tetraconodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
↑ "PBDB". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
↑ "Tetraconodontinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
↑ Muhammad, A.K. (2013). "Tetraconodon (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Suidae) From the Late Miocene Dhok Pathan Formation of Pakistan". Pakistan J. Zool. 45 (4): 975–980.
↑ Falconer, Hugh; Murchison, Charles (1868). Palaeontological Memoirs and Notes of the Late Hugh Falconer With a Biographical Sketch of the Author · Volume 1. R. Hardwicke.

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[Prothero2007-1] 1 2 3 Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. JHU Press. p. 145. ISBN 9780801887352. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

[2] "Fossilworks: Tetraconodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[3] "PBDB". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2017-03-15.

[4] "Tetraconodontinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-15.

[Muhammad-5] Muhammad, A.K. (2013). "Tetraconodon (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Suidae) From the Late Miocene Dhok Pathan Formation of Pakistan". Pakistan J. Zool. 45 (4): 975–980.

[6] Falconer, Hugh; Murchison, Charles (1868). Palaeontological Memoirs and Notes of the Late Hugh Falconer With a Biographical Sketch of the Author · Volume 1. R. Hardwicke.