Microstonyx

Extinct genus of mammals

Microstonyx Temporal range: 11.608–7.246 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Genus:	†Microstonyx Pilgrim 1926
Species
†M. binxianensis †M. major †M. antiquus

Microstonyx was an extinct genus of suid that existed during the Miocene in Asia and Europe.^[1]^[2]

Geographic range

Fossils of the species M. major have been found in Spain,^[3] North Macedonia,^[4] Turkiye,^[5] and China.^[6]

^ "Fossilworks: Microstonyx". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
^ Made, Jan van der; Montoya, Plinio; Alcalá, Luis (1 January 1992). "Microstonyx (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Upper Miocene of Spain". Geobios. 25 (3): 395–413. Bibcode:1992Geobi..25..395M. doi:10.1016/0016-6995(92)80013-4. ISSN 0016-6995. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
^ Spassov, Nikolaï; Geraads, Denis; Hristova, Latinka; Markov, Georgi N.; Garevska, Biljana; Garevski, Risto (2018). "The late Miocene mammal faunas of the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)". Palaeontographica A. 311 (1–6): 1–85. Bibcode:2018PalAA.311....1S. doi:10.1127/pala/2018/0073. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ MADE, JAN; GÜLEÇ, ERKSİN; ERKMAN, AHMET (1 January 2013). "Microstonyx (Suidae, Artiodactyla) from the Upper Miocene of Hayranlı-Haliminhanı, Turkey". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 37 (1): 106–122. doi:10.3906/zoo-1202-4. ISSN 1300-0179. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ Liu, Liping; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S; Fortelius, Mikael (January–February 2004). "Late Miocene Microstonyx remains (Suidae, Mammalia) from Northern China". Geobios. 37 (1): 49–64. Bibcode:2004Geobi..37...49L. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.007. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.

Genera of peccaries, pigs and their extinct allies

Suoidea

†Doliochoerinae	Barberahyus Doliochoerus Pecarichoerus Taucanamo
†Orycterochoerinae	Bransatochoerus Lorancahyus Orycterochoerus

†Kubanochoerini	Kenyasus ? Kubanochoerus Kubwachoerus Libycochoerus Megalochoerus
†Listriodontini	Bunolistriodon Eurolistriodon Listriodon
†Namachoerini	Lopholistriodon Namachoerus

Suini	†Dasychoerus ? †Euhys ? †Eumaiochoerus †Hippopotamodon †Korynochoerus †Microstonyx Porcula Sus
Potamochoerini	†Celebochoerus Hylochoerus †Kolpochoerus Potamochoerus †Propotamochoerus
†Hippohyini	Hippohyus Sinohyus Sivahyus
Phacochoerini	†Metridiochoerus Phacochoerus †Potamochoeroides †Stylochoerus
Babyrousini	Babyrousa