Article: New remains of Egatochoerus jaegeri (Mammalia, Suoidea) from the late Eocene of Peninsular Thailand
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
54
Part:
6
Publication Date:
November
2011
Page(s):
1323
–
1335
Author(s):
Maeva Orliac, Franck Guy, Yaowalak Chaimanee, Jean-Jacques Jaeger and Stephane Ducrocq
Abstract
We report here additional remains referred to Egatochoerus jaegeri from the late Eocene locality of Ban Mark in the Krabi basin, Thailand. The new material described, comprising upper and lower cheek teeth, deciduous premolars and partial cranial remains, makes E. jaegeri the best-documented Eocene representative of Old World Suoidea at present. Detailed study and comparison of their cheek teeth structure reveal a homogeneity of the molar crest and groove patterns of Old World and New World Palaeogene suoids.