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Full Text from SpringerLink Dental remains of ‘Parachleuastochoerus’ valentini (Suidae: Tetraconodontinae) from the early Late Miocene of Sant Quirze (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): taxonomic and phylogenetic implications
| Title: | Dental remains of ‘Parachleuastochoerus’ valentini (Suidae: Tetraconodontinae) from the early Late Miocene of Sant Quirze (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): taxonomic and phylogenetic implications |
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| Authors: | David M. Alba, Souzanna Siarabi, Sara G. Arranz, Sharrah McKenzie, Isaac Casanovas-Vilar |
| Source: | Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, Vol 144, Iss 1, Pp 1-58 (2025) |
| Publisher Information: | SpringerOpen, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Collection: | LCC:Paleontology |
| Subject Terms: | Suids, Dental morphology, Taxonomy, Systematics, Phylogeny, Evolution, Fossil man. Human paleontology, GN282-286.7, Paleontology, QE701-760 |
| More Details: | Abstract The distinctiveness and genus allocation of ‘Parachleuastochoerus’ valentini (Suidae: Tetraconodontinae), from the Miocene of Europe, has been controversial, being alternatively considered a junior synonym of Conohyus simorrensis. Recently described material from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula) supported its distinct species status but did not discount an alternative ascription to Conohyus, largely because the lower male canine remained unknown. Here we describe all the tetraconodontine dentognathic material from the earliest Late Miocene sites of Trinxera del Ferrocarril–Sant Quirze (~11.6–11.2 Ma, MN7+8), as well as Can Feliu 2 and Poble Nou de Sant Quirze (≤11.2 Ma, MN9), comprising 134 specimens. The former locality played an important role in the resurrection of ‘Pa.’ valentini but ~70% of the available material remained unpublished. Based on metrical and qualitative comparisons with published material of this species and similarly sized tetraconodontines from Europe, we attribute the whole studied sample to ‘Pa.’ valentini. Previous reports of Parachleuastochoerus huenermanni from the site are erroneous (owing to specimen mislabeling). Our results reinforce the distinctiveness of ‘Pa.’ valentini, while its lower male canine morphology (first described herein) does not support its transfer to Conohyus. However, a cladistic analysis favors closer phylogenetic relationships with Retroporcus matritensis (a potential junior synonym of C. simorrensis) and even Versoporcus steinheimensis than with Parachleuastochoerus crusafonti (the type species of the genus). Our results thus indicate that Parachleuastochoerus, as currently conceived, is polyphyletic, although pending an in-depth revision of other European tetraconodontines we refrain from providing a new combination for ‘Pa.’ valentini. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1664-2376 1664-2384 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1664-2376; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-2384 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13358-024-00344-3 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/c05185051c654ae0bd7a70da0d4db786 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.05185051c654ae0bd7a70da0d4db786 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 16642376 16642384 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s13358-024-00344-3 |
| Published in: | Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |
| Language: | English |