Figure 10. The increase in elongation of the I2 of Microstonyx as indicated by the index 100 DMD/DLL. A value from Concud is a minimum value because of breakage; this is indicated with an arrow. Legend: triangles = material assigned to M. major; squares = material assigned to M. erymanthius; rhombs = Sus. As a comparison, indices of samples of recent Sus verrucosus from Java (Indonesia; NNML) and of recent Sus scrofa from the Golan Heights (Syrian territory occupied by Israel; HUJ). The provenance of the remaining data is as in Figure 4. Correlations or ages of the localities based on paleomagnetism or radiometric dating are indicated by arrows; assignments to MN units are indicated by dotted lines. For Samos: MT = Marker Tuff; MMB = Main Bone Beds; OMB = Old Mill Beds. All localities are placed within the ranges of their possible age as indicated by their MN units or "absolute" age; in addition, they have been arranged according to ascending (upper figure) or descending index values (lower figure), with the only constraint that a locality with very low values cannot be below Kavakdere. There are 2 options for the MN11-12 boundary: 7.5 and 7.9 Ma. The upper figure favors the idea of an evolution with increasing index values, while the lower figure blurs this pattern.