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Mesolicaphrium sanalfonense
Taxonomy
Prolicaphrium sanalfonensis was named by Cifelli and Guerrero Diaz (1997) [Etymology: Named for the town of San Alfonso, Huila department, Colombia, which is near to the type locality for the species]. Its type specimen is IGM 182852, a mandible (Shymphysis and right ramus of mandible with i2 and p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Mesolicaphrium sanalfonense by McGrath et al. (2020).
It was recombined as Mesolicaphrium sanalfonense by McGrath et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Prolicaphrium sanalfonensis Cifelli and Guerrero Diaz |
| 2020 | Mesolicaphrium sanalfonense McGrath et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Mesolicaphrium sanalfonense Cifelli and Guerrero Diaz 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. L. Cifelli and J. Guerrero Diaz 1997 | The smaller of the two species referred to the genus. Differs from P. specillatum, the type species, in having slightly lower crowns on the cheek teeth, a stronger conecction between protocone and metacoule on the upper molars, and P3 with a better.developed mesostyle and anterocingulum. Differs from species of "Proterotherium", Thoatherium, Diadiaphorus, Brachytherium, Villarroelia, Epitherium, and Licaphrium in having lower crowened cheek teeth. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||