Revision of small Bunodont Anthracotheres (Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae, Microbunodontinae) from Indo-Pakistan, and Reassessment of the Age of the

Introduction 7 Materials and methods 8 Dental nomenclature 8 Abbreviations 8 Taxonomic issues European Microbunodontinae 9 Small bunodont anthracotheres from the Oligo-Miocene of Europe 13 Metric analysis European Microbunodontinae 14 Genus Microbunodon Depéret, 1908 15 Genus Microselenodon Depéret, 1908 15 Species Microselenodon minimum (Cuvier, 1824) 15 Overview of the Microbunodontinae Lihoreau et Ducrocq 2007 16 Systematic descriptions 18 Genus Garobunodon nov. 18 Species Garobunodon silistrensis (Pentland, 1828) 18 Species Garobunodon punjabiensis (Lydekker, 1877a) 24 Garobunodon exiguus (Forster-Cooper, 1924) 27 Metric analyses 30 Historical background 30 Metric analysis present study 31 Biostratigraphic implications 32 Palaeodiet 32 Phylogeny 33 Palaeobiogeography 33 General discussion 34 Conclusions 35 Acknowledgements 35 References 35 Annex 38