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Ancylotherium hellenicum
Discussion
Origin of the name. Hellas, the name of the country found.
Taxonomy
Ancylotherium hellenicum was named by Koufos (2012). Its type specimen is PNT-160, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pentalophos 1, which is in a Vallesian terrestrial conglomerate/sandstone in the Nea Messimvria Formation of Greece.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Ancylotherium hellenicum Koufos |
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†Ancylotherium hellenicum Koufos 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. D. Koufos 2012 | Small size; elongated skull; well-developed post-orbital process with open supra-orbital foramen; mesial margin of the orbit above the distal margin of the M3; stout and shallow zygomatic arc; elongated, oval-shaped and parallel to the nasals preorbital fossa; narrow and deep palate; elliptical and wide choanae with their mesial border well behind the M3; elongated, low and narrow snout; shallow mandibular corpus with increased depth distally and straight ventral border; no ventral expansion in the mandibular angle; strong cingulum in the teeth; short tooth rows; decreased M3/m3. |