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Desmanodon daamsi
Taxonomy
Desmanodon daamsi was named by van den Hoek Ostende (1997). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IVAU RM 562, a tooth (M2 sup. dext.). Its type locality is Rubielos de Mora 2, which is in a MN 3 terrestrial horizon in Spain.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Desmanodon daamsi van den Hoek Ostende p. 48 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 4 |
| 2010 | Desmanodon daamsi Prieto p. 218 |
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†Desmanodon daamsi van den Hoek Ostende 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. W. van den Hoek Ostende 1997 | Desmanodon daamsi is a medium sized species of Desmanodon (M2 = 1.93). The cusps tend to be somewhat inflated. The division of the mesostyle of the upper molars is incomplete. The hypocone is poorly developed and may be absent. The humerus has a relatively long and slender shaft. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MN 3 | Spain (Aragon) | Desmanodon daamsi (type locality: 68041) | |
| Middle Miocene | Spain (Zaragoza) | Desmanodon daamsi (34531) |