Tetraconodon

Tetraconodon was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the middle and late Miocene in Asia (India, Pakistan, Thailand, Myanmar).^[2][3][4]

Tetraconodon Temporal range: 15.97–5.332 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Subfamily:	†Tetraconodontinae
Genus:	†Tetraconodon Falconer, 1868
Type species
†Tetraconodon magnum Falconer, 1868
Species
T. intermedius (van der Made, 1999)[1] T. magnum T. malensis (Htike et al., 2005) T. minor (Pilgrim, 1926)[1]

Description

The last two pairs of premolars of Tetraconodon were extremely large, while the first two premolars were small, a unique characteristic of tetraconodontinae not found in other suids.^[1]

Tetraconodon magnum was largest species, while T. malensis is the smallest.^[5] Originally known from only the oversized premolars, T. magnum was once believed to have reached sizes comparable to that of a hippopotamus or rhinoceros.^[6] Once more material was recovered, such size estimates were invalidated, but it was nonetheless a large suid.