''Microstonyx'' was an extinct genus of
suid
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that existed during the
Miocene
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in
Asia
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and
Europe
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.
References
Prehistoric Suidae
Miocene mammals of Africa
Miocene even-toed ungulates
Fossil taxa described in 1926
Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
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