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Buisnictis metabatos
Taxonomy
Buisnictis metabatos was named by Wang et al. (2014). Its type specimen is CGJVP 2140, a partial skull (partial skull with left M1 (broken), right P4–M1, left horizontal ramal fragment with m1–m2 (broken) and right ramal fragment with p4–m2.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Miraflores, which is in a Blancan marginal marine horizon in Mexico.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Buisnictis metabatos Wang et al. p. 292 figs. 2 - 6 |
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†Buisnictis metabatos Wang et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| X. Wang et al. 2014 | Differs from known species of Buisnictis in that the P4 protocone is broadened into a wide shelf and the m1 metaconid not reduced. Characters that are primitive rela- tive to living mephitine clades include: narrow forehead, M1 anteroposteriorly narrow and internal cingulum (hypocone) not expanded posteriorly, relatively narrow p4, and shallow jaw.
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Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||