New skulls of Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides (Suidae: Mammalia) from the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco

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dc.contributor.authorGeraads, Denis
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T09:09:53Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T09:09:53Z
dc.date.issued2004-12
dc.description.abstractThe discovery of two male skulls of Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides from the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam in Morocco, and the revision of the whole collection from this locality, allows us to extend the description of this North African form, to estimate its sexual dimorphism and the extent of individual variation in a large isochronous sample, to reveal some ontogenic changes, and to confirmits distinction as a species on its own, as its cranial proportions (large occipital, short snout) and tooth characters (lack of enamel on upper canines, reduced incisors and premolars, complicated third molars) set it clearly apart from the East and SouthAfrican forms.Acladistic analysis shows that K. phacochoeroides and Hylochoerus are the terminal branches of the Kolpochoerus clade, which is the sister-group of Potamochoerus.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship‘Mission Littoral’ of the French ‘Ministère des Affaires Etrangères’ ‘Région Aquitaine’. Palaeo-anthropology Scientific Trusten_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net10539/13322
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrica, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Suidae, Mammalia, Kolpochoerus, cladistics.en_ZA
dc.titleNew skulls of Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides (Suidae: Mammalia) from the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam, Moroccoen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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