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Caenomeryx procommunis
Taxonomy
Caenotherium procommune was named by Filhol (1877). Its type specimen is MNHNP, Filhol collection, a mandible (with p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Caenomeryx procommunis by Hürzeler (1936), Blondel (2005), Erfurt and Metais (2007) and Weppe et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Caenomeryx procommunis by Hürzeler (1936), Blondel (2005), Erfurt and Metais (2007) and Weppe et al. (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1877 | Caenotherium procommune Filhol |
| 1936 | Caenomeryx procommunis Hürzeler pp. 100-103 figs. p. 92-94 |
| 2005 | Caenomeryx procommunis Blondel p. 158 |
| 2007 | Caenomeryx procommunis Erfurt and Metais p. 71 |
| 2019 | Caenomeryx procommunis Weppe et al. |
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†Caenomeryx procommunis Filhol 1877
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Hürzeler 1936 | Upper molars are wider than long. Protocone and protoconule present (stage B, Hürzeler, 1936; p. 8). Diastema between P1/ and C is short. Diastema very short or missing between P/1 and P/2. Premolars reduced, P3/ with a strong lingual cone, P2/ with a weaker lingual cone, P1/ very small. The premaxilla does not reach the frontal. The wide nasal bones broaden behind the posterior extremities of the premaxilla. The ethmoidal gap is irregular, the choanae are large and the mandible is high, stocky and massive. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||