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Euclastes montenati
Discussion
Etymology. Dedicated to Christian Montenat (1941-2020), UniLaSalle-Beauvais Institut, Geosciences (IGAL), for his great geological contribution, world field great knowledge, and particularly his works on the Paris Basin, among which the Danien stratotype definition, including the Laversines site (Montenat & Merle 2018).
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Taxonomy
Euclastes montenati was named by France de Lapparent et al. (2025) [urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4965B4EC-F146-4D98-9CFF-69C4F1E9F05D]. Its type specimen is ULB-04A21-11, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Therdonne, which is in a Thanetian marine sandstone in the Bracheux Formation of France.
Entered
by E. Vlachos on 2025-07-15; modified by E. Vlachos on 2025-07-15
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2025 | Euclastes montenati France de Lapparent et al. |
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†Euclastes montenati France de Lapparent et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| d. B. France de Lapparent et al. 2025 | Small species of the family Euclastidae n. fam. known by its small and massive dentary with a relatively wide and short symphysis for its width. Low dentary branch at the coronoid process. Posterior symphyseal border opening into a very short acute angle at the apex, the angle then opening more widely posteriorly, in a rounded fashion. Particularly large foramen dentofaciale majus (foramen mentale), clearly visible by its large opening in front of the fossa masseterica, posterior to the posterior edge of the symphysis. |
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||