White T D, Harris J M
Science. 1977 Oct 7;198(4312):13-21. doi: 10.1126/science.331477.
Recently discovered Plio-Pleistocene vertebrate assemblages have allowed complete systematic revision of the sub-Saharan African Suidae. New phylogenies are proposed for the 7 genera and 16 species of fossil and extant representatives. Suids are common elements of African Plio-Pleistocene faunas, and their evolutionary trends, particularly in the species Mesochoerus limnetes and Metridiochoerus andrewsi, are of great correlative value. Suid data are employed in a refinement of stratigraphic correlations at Omo Shungura, Olduvai, and east of Lake Turkana (formerly East Rudolf) and in a correlation of East African and South African sites, with important implications for interpretation of hominid evolution. The suid record also bears significantly on questions of theoretical evolutionary biology.
最近发现的上新世-更新世脊椎动物组合使得对撒哈拉以南非洲猪科动物进行全面的系统修订成为可能。针对化石及现存代表物种的7个属和16个物种提出了新的系统发育关系。猪科动物是非洲上新世-更新世动物群的常见组成部分，它们的进化趋势，特别是在中猪属的湖沼中猪和安德鲁斯巨疣猪这两个物种中的进化趋势，具有很大的关联价值。猪科动物的数据被用于完善奥莫舒古拉、奥杜威以及图尔卡纳湖（原东鲁道夫湖）以东地区的地层对比，并用于东非和南非遗址的对比，这对人类进化的解释具有重要意义。猪科动物的记录对理论进化生物学问题也有重大影响。
