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Hystrix arayanensis
Taxonomy
Hystrix arayanensis was named by Sen (2001). Its type specimen is MNHN MOL-51, a partial skull (incomplete with basicranium and palate, preserving D4-M3 dext and D4-M2 sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Molayan, which is in a Turolian fluvial claystone in the Khurdkabul Formation of Afghanistan.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Hystrix arayanensis Sen p. 916 |
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†Hystrix arayanensis Sen 2001
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Sen 2001 | Size similar to that of Hystrix cristata. Low crowned upper molars with four roots; M1 longer than M2; D4, P4 and upper molars with four major labial synclines; Syncline II and sinus strongly connected; presence of a labial posterior cusp in syncline III. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008 | |||||