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Minusculothentes
Taxonomy
Minusculothentes was named by Martin et al. (2024). Its type is Minusculothentes zeballoensis.
It was assigned to Palaeothentoidea by Martin et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Palaeothentoidea by Martin et al. (2024).
Species
M. zeballoensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Minusculothentes Martin et al. p. 6 |
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G. †Minusculothentes Martin et al. 2024
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†Minusculothentes zeballoensis Martin et al. 2024
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. M. Martin et al. 2024 | This is the smallest known palaeothentoid, smaller than all living Caenolestidae and slightly larger than Phonocdromus gracilis. Other than its small size, the most remarkable characteistic is the lack of an anterior crest (the preparacristid) of m1 trigonid, a medium-sized and narrow p3 which lacks an anterior cusp, a conical entoconid without an entocristid, and a very small hypoconulid. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.44000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Tortonian | Argentina (Chubut) | M. zeballoensis (237491) |