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Siamogale melilutra
Taxonomy
Siamogale melilutra was named by Wang et al. (2018). Its type specimen is ZT-10-03-064b, a partial skull (partial cranium with left P3–M1 and right P2–M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shuitangba, which is in a Baodean terrestrial claystone in the Zhaotong Formation of China.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1924 | Lutra aonychoides Zdansky |
| 2018 | Siamogale melilutra Wang et al. figs. Figs 2–5, 8 |
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†Siamogale melilutra Wang et al. 2018
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Invalid names: Lutra aonychoides Zdansky 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| X. Wang et al. 2018 | Siamogale melilutra is distinct from S. thai- landica in its large size, more posteriorly reclined mandib-ular ascending ramus, a continuous P4 protocone crest extending distally to the metastyle (in contrast to a more cuspidate P4 protocone in S. thailandica), a relatively less distally expanded M1 lingual cingulum, a more shortened m1, and an m1 metaconid ridge being differentiated into a discrete metastylid. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||