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Xampylodon diastemacron
Taxonomy
Xampylodon diastemacron was named by dos Santos et al. (2024). Its type specimen is MN 7825-V, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Filo Negro Section, Klb 9, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siltstone/carbonate in the López de Bertodano Formation of Antarctica.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Xampylodon diastemacron dos Santos et al. p. 520 fig. 3 |
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†Xampylodon diastemacron dos Santos et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. O. dos Santos et al. 2024 | The new species can be distinguished from all other known representatives of Xampylodon by having a non-continuous serial enlargement pattern of the mesial cusplets and a pronounced gap between the mesial cusplets one and two. |
Measurements
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| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Xampylodon diastemacron (type locality: 235210) |