Microstonyx
{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Microstonyx
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|11.608|7.246}}
| image = Microstonyx skull.jpg
| image_caption = Skull
| authority = Pilgrim 1926
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- †M. binxianensis
- †M. major
- †M. antiquus
}}
Microstonyx was an extinct genus of suid that existed during the Miocene in Asia and Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42401|title=Fossilworks: Microstonyx|website=fossilworks.org|access-date=2017-03-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42401&is_real_user=1|title=PBDB|website=Paleobiology Database|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18}}
Geographic range
Fossils of the species M. major have been found in Spain,{{Cite journal |last1=Made |first1=Jan van der |last2=Montoya |first2=Plinio |last3=Alcalá |first3=Luis |date=1 January 1992 |title=Microstonyx (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Upper Miocene of Spain |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0016699592800134 |journal=Geobios |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=395–413 |doi=10.1016/0016-6995(92)80013-4 |bibcode=1992Geobi..25..395M |issn=0016-6995 |access-date=6 September 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }} North Macedonia,{{Cite journal |last1=Spassov |first1=Nikolaï |last2=Geraads |first2=Denis |last3=Hristova |first3=Latinka |last4=Markov |first4=Georgi N. |last5=Garevska |first5=Biljana |last6=Garevski |first6=Risto |date=2018 |title=The late Miocene mammal faunas of the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02470767/ |journal=Palaeontographica A |language=en |volume=311 |issue=1–6 |pages=1–85 |doi=10.1127/pala/2018/0073 |bibcode=2018PalAA.311....1S |access-date=6 September 2024}} Turkiye,{{Cite journal |last1=MADE |first1=JAN |last2=GÜLEÇ |first2=ERKSİN |last3=ERKMAN |first3=AHMET |date=1 January 2013 |title=Microstonyx (Suidae, Artiodactyla) from the Upper Miocene of Hayranlı-Haliminhanı, Turkey |url=https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol37/iss1/14/ |journal=Turkish Journal of Zoology |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=106–122 |doi=10.3906/zoo-1202-4 |issn=1300-0179 |access-date=6 September 2024|hdl=10261/130404 |hdl-access=free }} and China.{{Cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Liping |last2=Kostopoulos |first2=Dimitris S |last3=Fortelius |first3=Mikael |date=January–February 2004 |title=Late Miocene Microstonyx remains (Suidae, Mammalia) from Northern China |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016699503000974 |journal=Geobios |language=en |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=49–64 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.007 |bibcode=2004Geobi..37...49L |access-date=6 September 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}
References
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Category:Miocene mammals of Africa
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1926
Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera
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