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Taxonomy
Desmanodon antiquus was named by Ziegler (1985). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSP 1959 XXVIII 589, a tooth (M1 dex.).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Desmanodon antiquus Ziegler p. 160 figs. Pl. 6 fig. 6 |
| 1986 | Desmanodon meuleni Doukas p. 25 figs. Pl.2 fig. 5 |
| 2010 | Desmanodon antiquus Prieto p. 218 |
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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.
†Desmanodon antiquus Ziegler 1985
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Invalid names: Desmanodon meuleni Doukas 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Ziegler 1985 | Kleine Art von Desmanodon. P4 mit drei getrennten Wurzeln, Innenhügel nur angedeutet. M sup. mit tief gespaltenem Mesostyl und deutlichem Metaconulus, Parastyl kurz, nicht abgesetzt, kein Protoconulus. m2,3 mit markantem Präcingulid und zur Mitte der Trigonidwand abfallender Crista obliqua. p4 mit zarter Metaconidknospe. Humerus schlank mit langes leistenförmiges Tub. teres, distal liegendes Tub. pectoralis, scharfkantige Crista pectralis, lateral kompromiertes Caput parallel zur Längsachse des Humerus. | |
| C.S. Doukas 1986 (Desmanodon meuleni) | A small-sized Desmanodon (length of M1=1.88-2.21 ); M1 and M2 with rather weak hypocones and a strong variable division of the mesostyle. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||