Tetraconodon was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the middle and late Miocene in Asia (India, Pakistan, Thailand, Myanmar).[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Tetraconodontinae |
| Genus: | †Tetraconodon Falconer, 1868 |
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| †Tetraconodon magnum Falconer, 1868
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Description
editThe 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.[1]
Tetraconodon magnum was largest species, while T. malensis is the smallest.[5] Originally known from only the oversized premolars, T. magnum was once believed to have reached sizes comparable to that of a hippopotamus or rhinoceros.[6] Once more material was recovered, such size estimates were invalidated, but it was nonetheless a large suid.
References
edit- ^ a b c 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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