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Inopinatia
Taxonomy
Inopinatia was named by Marković et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Diatomyidae by Marković et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Diatomyidae by Marković et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Inopinatia Marković et al. |
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G. †Inopinatia Marković et al. 2018
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†Inopinatia balkanica Marković et al. 2018
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Z. Marković et al. 2018 | Inopinatia is a large diatomyid with an incipiently bi-lophodont pattern of the cheek teeth. Endoloph in upper molars absent, ectolophid in lower molars weak. DP4 and
dp4 large and molariform. Deciduous teeth are retained throughout life. DP4, M1 and M2 with three roots. Enterostyle absent in the upper cheek teeth. The m1 and m2 have three roots, two roots anteriorly and one posteriorly, a very large hypoconulid and a small ectostylid. The dp4 has an ectostylid behind the hypoconid. Microstructure of the enamel of the incisors multiserial. Molar enamel is S-type. Upper incisor without sulcus. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Serbia and Montenegro | I. balkanica (190736) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Serbia and Montenegro (Pirotska oblast ) | I. balkanica (196836 196837 196838 196840) |