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Paenelimnoecus obtusus
Taxonomy
Paenelimnoecus obtusus was named by Storch (1995). Its type specimen is IVPP V12130, a mandible (dext. with m1 and m2), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ertemte 2, which is in a Miocene lacustrine horizon in China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Paenelimnoecus obtusus Storch |
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†Paenelimnoecus obtusus Storch 1995
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Storch 1995 | Lower molars distinctly rectangular in occlusal outline; P4 and M1 with very slight posterior emargination; entoconid of M1 and M2 very small (or absent) and closely placed to metaconidd; anterolingual border of P4 forming a gentle curvature; massive condule with hardly any lingual emargination and with very wide and short interarticular area. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Paenelimnoecus obtusus (type locality: 68591) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Paenelimnoecus obtusus (75300) |