Suid Evolution and Correlation of African Hominid Localities: An Alternative Taxonomy
- 4 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 201 (4354) , 460-463
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.96530
Abstract
New phylogenies were recently proposed by White and Harris, who recognized 7 genera and 16 spp. of fossil and extant suids from sub-Saharan Africa. This scheme is regarded here as oversimplified and an alternative is suggested, in which 9 genera [Potamochoerus, Kolpochoerus, Hylochoerus, Potamochoeroides, Stylochoerus, Metridiochoerus, Phacochoerus, Nyanzachoerus and Notochoerus] and 21 spp. are recognized. The taxonomic and phylogenetic differences do not have any significant effect on the stratigraphic interpretations offered by White and Harris.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Suid Evolution and Correlation of African Hominid LocalitiesScience, 1977
- Some East African Pleistocene SuidaeThe South African Archaeological Bulletin, 1959