Geodiversitas | |
Re-assessment of the suids from the Sables marins de Montpellier and selection of a lectotype for Sus provincialis Blainville, 1847 | |
Martin Pickford1  | |
关键词: Suidae; Pliocene; Montpellier; lectotype; systematics; bio chronology; lectotypification; Suidae; Pliocène; Montpellier; lectotype; systématique; biochronologie; lectotypification; | |
DOI : 10.5252/g2013n3a8 | |
学科分类:生物科学(综合) | |
来源: Museum National d Histoire Naturelle | |
【 摘 要 】
Partoftheproblemofinterpretingfossilsuidshasbeenthemisplacementorlossofmaterialdescribedduringthe19thCentury,whichmakescomparisonsdifficultbecauseusuallyonlyocclusalviewsofteethwereillustratedandtheillustrations,althoughlabelledas“naturalsize”oftendifferfromtherealdimensions,sometimesbyasmuchas10%.SomeofthefossilsattributedbyBlainville(1847)andGervais(1850,1859)toSusprovincialisBlainville,1847arepreservedattheUniversityofMontpellierII(somearemislabelledduetothefactthatseveraloftheillustrationsarereversed)andoneoriginalspecimenandasetofcastsispreservedattheMuséumnationald'Histoirenaturelle,Paris.FossilsfoundafterGervais’publicationsrevealthatthedepositsintheneighbourhoodofMontpelliercontainfourspeciesofsuid,Dasychoerusarvernensis(Croizetamp;Jobert,1828),Dasychoerussp.fromKvabebi,“Sus”provincialisBlainville,1847andDasychoerusstrozzii(Meneghini,1862)andthateversinceBlainville's(1847)publication,aswellasthoseofGervais(1850,1859)andaboveallthemonographofStehlin(1899–1900)theconceptofthespecies“Sus”provincialishasbeenbasedonachimeraoftwotaxa(“Sus”provincialisandDasychoerusstrozzii).Inordertoensurestabilityofnomenclature,itisnecessarytoavoidnominatingalectotypethatmightbelongeithertoDasychoerusarvernensisortoDasychoerusstrozzii.ForthistosucceedadetailedrevisionoftheMontpelliersuidsisnecessary.
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