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Taxonomy
Meherrinia was named by Geisler et al. (2012). Its type is Meherrinia isoni.
It was assigned to Iniidae by Geisler et al. (2012) and Marx et al. (2016); and to Kentriodontidae by Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Iniidae by Geisler et al. (2012) and Marx et al. (2016); and to Kentriodontidae by Berta (2017).
Species
M. isoni (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Meherrinia Geisler et al. p. 199 figs. Figs. 2-6 |
| 2016 | Meherrinia Marx et al. p. 133 |
| 2017 | Meherrinia Berta p. 164 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. H. Geisler et al. 2012 | Maxillae form posterolateral margins of nares and contribute to long and narrow nares; maxillae ‘squeeze’ nasals into slight hourglass shape; nasals increase in width as they ascend front of vertex and widest at or near apex of vertex; at apex of vertex, frontals wedge between nasals; immediately posterior to vertex, supraoccipital wedged deeply between frontals and maxillae; width of skull across the postorbital processes 120–130 mm (intermediate in size between Pontoporia blainvillei and Inia geoffrensis); maxillary crest (over each orbit) and premaxillary eminence not as elevated as in P. blainvillei and I. geoffrensis; vertex intermediate in height between P. blainvillei and I. geoffrensis; vertex more slender (transversely) and elongate (anteroposteriorly) than in I. geoffrensis. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||