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Elaschitotherium crepaturus
Taxonomy
Elaschitotherium crepaturus was named by Metais et al. (2008). Its type specimen is IVPP V12765.1, a tooth (right upper molar (probably M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shanghuang Quarry, fissure D, which is in an Eocene fissure fill limestone in China. It is the type species of Elaschitotherium.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Elaschitotherium crepaturus Metais et al. p. 1128 figs. Fig. 3a-g, p |
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†Elaschitotherium crepaturus Metais et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Metais et al. 2008 | Differs from the upper molars of the type species E. qii in being significantly larger, in having more salient conule cristae, small accessory cusps emerging from the lingual cingulum, slightly larger styles on upper molars; stronger metaconid on p4, and absence of para- conid on p3. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Blondel 1996 | |||||
Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene | China (Jiangsu) | Elaschitotherium crepaturus (type locality: 37493) |