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Perulestes cardichi
Taxonomy
Perulestes cardichi was named by Goin and Candela (2004) [n. sp.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Rosa (LACM Loc. 6289), which is in a Rupelian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Yahuarango Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Perulestes.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Perulestes cardichi Goin and Candela |
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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.
†Perulestes cardichi Goin and Candela 2004
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. J. Goin and A. M. Candela 2004 | Perulestes cardichi sp. nov. differs from the other species of the genus, P. fraileyi sp. nov., in its smaller size and by having lower molars with hypoconulid less developed and less prominent posteriorly and metacone less displaced posteriorly with respect to StD of upper molars. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||