1. The differentiation of bunodont Listriodontinae (Mammalia, Suidae) of Africa: new data from Kalodirr and Moruorot, Kenya
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Orliac, M., Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)
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Suidae ,Mammalia ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Chordata ,[SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy ,[SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Taxonomy ,Artiodactyla - Abstract
International audience; The early Miocene sites of Moruorot and Kalodirr (Kenya, 17.5 Myr) have yielded a rich collection of mammals. New listriodont material from these localities, including a complete skull and a partial mandible, provide long awaited information on cranial features of early bunodont Listriodontinae. The evolution and systematics of the group are highly debated, especially regarding its first representatives. The new material described here sheds light on the differentiation of bunodont Listriodontinae in Africa and clarifies the systematics of the group. The first phylogenetic analysis of the Listriodontinae is here performed and supports close relationships between Kubano-choerus and a clade (Eurolistriodon, Listriodon). Lopholistriodon is the most basal representative of the listri-odontine clade. These first results stress the role of the African continent in the biogeographical history of the Listriodontinae.
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- 2009
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