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Taxonomy
Desmanella amasyae was named by Engesser (1980). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMB Ama-3, a mandible (sin. p2-m3 with 2 decidious molars and an incisor). Its type locality is Amasya, which is in a MN 13 terrestrial horizon in Turkey.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Desmanella amasyae Engesser p. 101 |
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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.
†Desmanella amasyae Engesser 1980
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Engesser 1980 | Grosse Art von Desmanella mit stark verl:angertem, von kräftigem Vorder- und Hintercingulum umschlossenen P4. P1-P3 sehr klein und einwurzelig. Das Posterolingual-Cingulum von M1 und M2 verläuft nicht um den Metaconulus herum. p4 ausserordentlich lang und hoch mit geradem unterem Zahnrand; p2 un p3 sehr klein und einwurzelig, breiter als lang; p2 grösser als p3. Talonid des m1 stark nach posterolabial verlängert. Cingulum von m1 und m2 schwach entwickelt, am m1 an der Basis des Protoconids, am m2 auf der Höhe des Hypoconids untrebrochen. Crista obliqua der unteren Molaren am Hinterhang des Trigonids tief ansetzend. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||