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Bounodus enigmaticus
Taxonomy
Bounodus enigmaticus was named by Carlini et al. (2006). Its type specimen is AMU-CURS 44, a maxilla (fragment of right maxilla, with P4—M3 and the alveolus of the P3, part of the maxillar lateral wall and palatal roof.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Urumaco, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela. It is the type species of Bounodus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Bounodus enigmaticus Carlini et al. |
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†Bounodus enigmaticus Carlini et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. A. Carlini et al. 2006 | Differs from Megadolodus McKenna 1956, in having a proportionally smaller P4 and M1, the latter elongated antero-posteriorly and with the protocone root more mesial than that of the hypocone. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcón) | Bounodus enigmaticus (type locality: 144849) |