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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | †Microstonyx Pilgrim 1926 |
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Microstonyx was an extinct genus of suid that existed during the Miocene in Asia and Europe.12
Geographic range
Fossils of the species M. major have been found in Spain,3 North Macedonia,4 Turkiye,5 and China.6
References
References
- "Fossilworks: Microstonyx". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- "PBDB". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- Made, Jan van der; Montoya, Plinio; Alcalá, Luis (1 January 1992). "Microstonyx (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Upper Miocene of Spain". Geobios. 25 (3): 395–413. Bibcode:1992Geobi..25..395M. doi:10.1016/0016-6995(92)80013-4. ISSN 0016-6995. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- Spassov, Nikolaï; Geraads, Denis; Hristova, Latinka; Markov, Georgi N.; Garevska, Biljana; Garevski, Risto (2018). "The late Miocene mammal faunas of the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)". Palaeontographica A. 311 (1–6): 1–85. Bibcode:2018PalAA.311....1S. doi:10.1127/pala/2018/0073. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- MADE, JAN; GÜLEÇ, ERKSİN; ERKMAN, AHMET (1 January 2013). "Microstonyx (Suidae, Artiodactyla) from the Upper Miocene of Hayranlı-Haliminhanı, Turkey". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 37 (1): 106–122. doi:10.3906/zoo-1202-4. hdl:10261/130404. ISSN 1300-0179. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- Liu, Liping; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S; Fortelius, Mikael (January–February 2004). "Late Miocene Microstonyx remains (Suidae, Mammalia) from Northern China". Geobios. 37 (1): 49–64. Bibcode:2004Geobi..37...49L. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.007. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.