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Skoufotragus zemalisorum
Discussion
Derivatio nominis: Dedicated to Konstantinos and Maria Zemalis, founders of the Aegean Museum of Natural History, Samos.
Taxonomy
Skoufotragus zemalisorum was named by Kostopoulos (2009). Its type specimen is MYT1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mytilinii-3, which is in a Turolian terrestrial sandstone in the Mytilinii Formation of Greece.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Skoufotragus zemalisorum Kostopoulos |
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†Skoufotragus zemalisorum Kostopoulos 2009
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. S. Kostopoulos 2009 | Smaller than S. laticeps and S. schlosseri and larger than Protoryx enanus. Horn-cores of same pattern as Sk. laticeps, but smaller, without anterior keel, less upright insertions and weaker posterior curvature. Supraorbital foramina very small and not sunken into pits. Anterior tuberosities of the basioccipital more localized than in Sk. laticeps and less posteriorly extended. Tooth row large compared to the skull size. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991 | |||||