Lophochoerus nagrii (Suidae) from the Siwaliks (Neogene) of Pakistan

Abstract

The Late Miocene of the Siwaliks has yielded fossils of various species of Suidae, which are more or less common. One of the rarest is Lophochoerus nagrii, found exclusively from the Nagri Formation (of early Late Miocene age) of the Siwalik Group. Previously, the only undisputed record of this species was from the Indian Siwaliks, recovered from Haritalyangar, Himachel Pradesh, India. In this article, we describe P3-M3 from the Nagri type locality (Y311) in Talagang, Pakistan; it is the first report of the upper premolars of L. nagrii from the Siwaliks. The discovery of this species from Pakistan confirms extension in its geographic range from India to Pakistan, and the reported upper dentition is an addition in its anatomical record.