- 著者
- Takehisa Tsubamoto Hajime Taru
- 出版者
- The Geological Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- 地質学雑誌 (ISSN:00167630)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.128, no.1, pp.287-293, 2022-12-08 (Released:2022-12-08)
- 参考文献数
- 55
A new specimen of a fossil tooth of the Suidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) discovered in the upper Miocene Oiso Formation (ca. 8.29-5.57 Ma) of the Miura Group, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is described. The tooth is left m3, and its hypoconulid has broken away. It is bunodont, low-crowned, and moderately to heavily worn. The m3 has the typical lower molar morphology of a medium-sized suid, with some furrows on the cusps. The part of the tooth containing the first two lobes is relatively elongated, similar to that of m3 of the Suinae. It is more elongated than that of m3 of the Asian Tetraconodontinae. Based on its size and observable morphology, this m3 is most comparable to that of Propotamochoerus hyotherioides (Suinae). This discovery reinforces the hypothesis that the Oiso Formation was deposited in the Honshu Arc, rather than the Paleo-Izu Arc. Only seven (five Miocene and two Pliocene) suid specimens have been reported from the Neogene of Japan to date.
- 著者
- Takehisa Tsubamoto Takanobu Tsuihiji Dong Pha Phan Dinh Hung Doan Naoko Egi Toshifumi Komatsu
- 出版者
- The Geological Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- 地質学雑誌 (ISSN:00167630)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.128, no.1, pp.245-251, 2022-11-03 (Released:2022-11-03)
- 参考文献数
- 26
A fossil specimen of Anthracokeryx naduongensis (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae, Microbunodontinae) discovered in the middle/upper Eocene Na Duong Formation at Na Duong Coal Mine in northeastern Vietnam is described. The specimen is a left mandibular fragment preserving p3-m3. It is characterized by an association of features that is observed in A. naduongensis, including a small size relative to most of other anthracotheriids, bunodont to bunoselenodont dentition, weak cingula, and a hypolophid on the lower molars. This specimen illustrates the precise morphology of m2-m3 of A. naduongensis from the type locality.
- 著者
- Takehisa Tsubamoto Kunimatsu Yutaka Hideo Nakaya Tetsuya Sakai Mototaka Saneyoshi Emma Mbua Masato Nakatsukasa
- 出版者
- The Geological Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- 地質学雑誌 (ISSN:00167630)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.121, no.4, pp.153-159, 2015-04-15 (Released:2015-07-29)
- 参考文献数
- 20
- 被引用文献数
- 1 9
New dental and astragalar specimens of a primitive hippopotamus, Kenyapotamus coryndonae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae, Kenyapotaminae) from the lower Upper Miocene Nakali Formation at the Nakali locality, central Kenya, are described and illustrated. The new specimens increase the known morphological and size variations of the dentition and astragalus in this primitive hippopotamid species, which is important to understand the origin and early evolution of the Hippopotamidae.