First record of Entelodontidae (Mammalia,Artiodactyla) from the late Eocene of Southeast Asia |
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Authors: | Stéphane Ducrocq Yaowalak Chaimanee Jean-Jacques Jaeger |
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Affiliation: | PALEVOPRIM, UMR 7262 CNRS, Université de Poitiers, TSA 51106, 6, rue Michel-Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 09, France |
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Abstract: | We describe two entelodontid upper premolars that were recovered from the late Eocene of the Krabi coal mine in southern Thailand. The size and morphology of the material suggest that it can be referred to Entelodon aff. E. gobiensis, a species known from the late Eocene to the early Oligocene of northern Asia and southern China. The Thai material documents for the first time the southernmost occurrence of entelodontids in Asia during the Paleogene and also suggests that Eocene Southeast Asian mammal localities might potentially yield further entelodontid remains mostly associated with selenodont ungulates. |
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Keywords: | Entelodontidae Southeast Asia Thailand Late Eocene Entelodontidae Asie du Sud-Est Thaïlande Éocène supérieur |
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