A NEW SPECIES OF NOTOCHOERUS (ARTIODACTYLA, SUIDAE) FROM THE PLIOCENE OF ETHIOPIA

TIM D. WHITE; GEN SUWA

doi:10.1671/2499

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TIM D. WHITE,¹ GEN SUWA²

¹Laboratory for Human Evolutionary Studies, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 3060 VLSB, Berkeley, California 94720, timwhite@socrates.berkeley.edu
²The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan

Abstract

A new species of Notochoerus, N. clarki, sp. nov., has been identified from three Pliocene Formations in Ethiopia, the Omo Shungura, Konso, and Bouri (Middle Awash). This taxon, formerly known from isolated dentognathic elements and attributed to a long-lasting Notochoerus euilus, represents the fourth species of Notochoerus to be recognized. Its temporal distribution shows that Notochoerus euilus was not the long-lasting species formerly imagined. The new species' anatomical specializations, unusual spatial distribution, and apparent sympatry with its close relative Notochoerus scotti all imply narrow niche partitioning in eastern African suids during the Pliocene.

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TIM D. WHITE and GEN SUWA "A NEW SPECIES OF NOTOCHOERUS (ARTIODACTYLA, SUIDAE) FROM THE PLIOCENE OF ETHIOPIA," Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2), 474-480, (1 June 2004). https://doi.org/10.1671/2499

Received: 29 August 2002; Accepted: 1 July 2003; Published: 1 June 2004

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