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Witenia
Taxonomy
Witenia was named by de Bruijn et al. (2003). Its type is Witenia flava.
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Maridet and Ni (2013); and to Pappocricetodontinae by de Bruijn et al. (2003), Gomes Rodrigues et al. (2010), Gomes Rodrigues et al. (2012) and de Bruijn et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Maridet and Ni (2013); and to Pappocricetodontinae by de Bruijn et al. (2003), Gomes Rodrigues et al. (2010), Gomes Rodrigues et al. (2012) and de Bruijn et al. (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Witenia de Bruijn et al. p. 69 |
| 2010 | Witenia Gomes Rodrigues et al. |
| 2012 | Witenia Gomes Rodrigues et al. |
| 2013 | Witenia Maridet and Ni |
| 2019 | Witenia de Bruijn et al. |
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G. †Witenia de Bruijn et al. 2003
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†Witenia europea de Bruijn et al. 2019
†Witenia flava de Bruijn et al. 2003
†Witenia fusca de Bruijn et al. 2003
†Witenia yolua Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| H. de Bruijn et al. 2003 | Anterocone of the M1 narrow, crescentic and situated somewhat more lingually then the paracone. Metaloph single and sometimes incomplete in the M1, double or incipiently double in the M2. M3 with a deep, anteriorly directed, sinus. Anteroconid of the m1 developed as a narrow antero-lingually directed crest of the protoconid. m3 larger than m1. The sinus of the lower cheek teeth is large and lingually bounded by an antero-labially posterolingually directed oblique crest. |