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Culicolestes kielanae
Taxonomy
Culicolestes kielanae was named by Cifelli et al. (2016). Its type specimen is OMNH 25809, a tooth (left upper molar missing the distal stylar shelf and some cusp apices), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is OMNH V239, Mussentuchit, which is in a Cenomanian channel horizon in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Culicolestes.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Culicolestes kielanae Cifelli et al. p. 73–74 fig. 5 |
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†Culicolestes kielanae Cifelli et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. L. Cifelli et al. 2016 | Most similar to Dakotadens among comparable taxa, differing in: larger size; upper molars with preparacrista extending mesially, toward the parastyle (rather than buccally, toward the stylocone, as in Dakotadens and most other basal tribosphenidans); conules and internal cristae more distinct (presumed apomorphies); paracone and metacone share a common base; trigon basin not as deep; stylar shelf wider (mesially, at least). Lower molars are larger than and distinct from those of Dakotadens in having a strong, cusp-like f (developed as a narrow ridge in Dakotadens), a strong e cusp (weak or absent in Dakotadens), and a greater trigonid/talonid height differential. |