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Impidens hancoxi
Taxonomy
Impidens hancoxi was named by Tolchard et al. (2021). Its type specimen is BP/I/7976, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Farm Thala, which is in an Anisian floodplain sandstone in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Impidens.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Impidens hancoxi Tolchard et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Impidens hancoxi Tolchard et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. Tolchard et al. 2021 | Very large gomphodont cynodont (estimated skull length > 400 mm; Table S1 and S2) characterized by enlarged upper incisor (mesiodistal dimensions of I4 alveolus 11.76% of secondary palate length) and canine teeth (mesiodistal dimensions 20.92% of secondary palate length), large paired foramina on palatal surface of maxilla near mid-maxillary suture medial to canine, labial platform markedly concave immediately posterior to canine and less depressed posteriorly, and five sectorial postcanine teeth, with the sectorial region forming more than half of the length of the postcanine tooth row. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||