Listriodonis anextinctgenusofpig-like animalsthat lived inEurasiaduring theMiocene.
| Listriodon Temporal range:Miocene
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| Skull (IVPP V8285) ofL. splendens,Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Listriodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Listriodontini |
| Genus: | †Listriodon von Meyer, 1846 |
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| †Listriodon splendens von Meyer, 1846
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Description
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Listriodonspecieswere generally small in size. In morphology, they show many similarities withpeccariesrather than modern pigs.[1]
The lophodont teeth ofListriodonindicate that it was mostly, if not strictly, herbivorous. Peculiarly, their teeth resemble those ofperissodactylssuch as horses more than they do that ofruminants.This was the case because unlike ruminants (and much like perissodactyls), pigs lack a complex four-chambered stomach and therefore had to rely on their teeth to break down grasses and herbs.[2]
Species
editMany species ofListriodonhave been named over the years, to the point that the genus became awastebasket taxon.Over the years, many species have been moved into new genera, such asKubanochoerus,Bunolistriodon[3]andLopholistriodon.Some species were found to be synonymous with others, such asListriodon theobaldiandListriodon pentapotamiaerepresenting different genders of a single species.[4]
Prothero (2021) lists four valid species:[5]
- Listriodon splendens
- Listriodon pentapotamiae
- Listriodon raetamanensis
- Listriodon bartuensis
Species now placed inBunolistriodon
edit- Listriodon akatikubas
- Listriodon guptai
- Listriodon intermedius
- Listriodon latidens
- Listriodon lockharti
- Listriodon meidamon
Species now placed inLopholistriodon
edit- Listriodon juba[6]
Species now placed inKubanochoerus
edit- Listriodon robustus
Species synonymous withL. splendens
edit- Listriodon aragoniensis[7]
- Listriodon mongoliensis
- Listriodon lishanensis
- Listriodon xinanensis
Species synonymous withL. pentapotamiae
edit- Listriodon theobaldi
Palaeoecology
editAnalysis ofL.cf.L. splendensandL.aff.L. latidenssuggests that the former was a more specialisedfolivorethan the latter.[8]
External links
edit- Listriodonat Fossilworks
References
edit- ^Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen Physical sciences. Series B · Volume 79.Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. 1976. p. 53.
- ^Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series B, Palaeontology, geology, physics, and chemistry Volume 81.University of California. 1978.
- ^"Bunolistriodon".Biolib.
- ^Netherlands Journal of Zoology.E.J. Brill. 1975. p. 137.
- ^Prothero, Donald R. (2007).The Evolution of Artiodactyls.Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 144.ISBN9780801887352.
- ^Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010).Cenozoic Mammals of Africa.University of California Press. p. 826.ISBN9780520257214.
- ^Paleontologia i Evolució Volumes 23-25.L'Institut. 1989. p. 86.
- ^Hunter, John P.; Fortelius, Mikael (31 March 1994)."Comparative dental occlusal morphology, facet development, and microwear in two sympatric species of Listriodon (Mammalia: Suidae) from the middle Miocene of western Anatolia (Turkey)".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.14(1): 105–126.doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011541.ISSN0272-4634.Retrieved14 November2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.
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