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Dagbatitherium tassyi
Taxonomy
Dagbatitherium tassyi was named by Hautier et al. (2021) [Department of Geology, University of Lomé, Lomé, Togo]. Its type specimen is ULDG-DAG1, a set of teeth (right M/1 or M/2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dagbati, which is in a Lutetian marine phosphorite in Togo. It is the type species of Dagbatitherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Dagbatitherium tassyi Hautier et al. p. 2 |
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†Dagbatitherium tassyi Hautier et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. Hautier et al. 2021 | Smallest elephantiform with brachyodont and bunolophodont molars. Dagbatitherium differs from all non- elephantiform proboscideans by the association of a large mesoconid, a third lophid (a tritolophid) with a large and iso- lated hypoconulid mesial to a minute posterior cingulid, and a three-layered Schmelzmuster with three-dimensional enamel (3DE) on the inner zone, Hunter–Schreger bands (HSB) in the middle zone and radial enamel (RE) in the outer zone. Dagbatitherium differs from Palaeomastodon and Phiomia by its small size, as well as a more brachyodont and bunodont molar pattern. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999 | |||||