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Taxonomy
Taatsiinia hoeckorum was named by Ziegler et al. (2007). Its type specimen is NHMW 2006z0036/0001, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Taatsiin Gol, right side, section TGR-B, layer 1, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial mudstone in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Taatsiinia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Taatsiinia hoeckorum Ziegler et al. p. 123 figs. Fig. 19/2 |
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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.
†Taatsiinia hoeckorum Ziegler et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. Ziegler et al. 2007 | Crocidosoricine soricid with upper M1-2 with a considerable distal emargination and a short but strong mesio-lingual cingulum. M1 with a rounded, M2 with a ridge-like hypocone. Root of upper incisor without longitudinal lingual groove. In m1-2 the labial edge of the protoconid is confluent with the disto-labial cingulid.
Mandible with 4 alveoli for 4 one-rooted (?) lower antemolars in front of p4 and the foramen mentale below the mesial root of p4. |