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Prosansanosmilus eggeri
Taxonomy
Prosansanosmilus eggeri was named by Morlo et al. (2004). Its type specimen is BSP 1959 II 8051, a mandible (dext with c1, p3-m1), and it is not a trace fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Prosansanosmilus eggeri Morlo et al. p. 45 |
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†Prosansanosmilus eggeri Morlo et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Morlo et al. 2004 | Prosansanosmilus eggeri sp. nov. is the smallest known European barbourofelid, about 20% smaller than the type species of the genus, P. peregrinus. The single possible apomorphy which distinguishes P. eggeri from P. peregrinus is the slightly more elongated m1. P. eggeri mostly differs from P. peregrinus by more primitive features: genial mandibular flange smaller; postcanine diastema on the mandible much shorter; p3 larger relative to m1, with posterior accessory cusp lower and relatively smaller and posterior cingulid shorter; p4 larger in proportion to m1, with an anterior cusp lower and a main cusp less posteriorly orientated; m1 with a carnassial blade less open, protoconid slightly taller relative to total length of m1, metaconid less reduced and posterior cingulid stronger; preparastyle of P4 smaller, located anterolabially to the parastyle
which is shorter and lower, protocone of P4 slightly larger and more anteriorly placed relative to the anterior face of the parastyle, due to the lacking elongation of this cusp as in P. peregrinus. Moreover, P. eggeri retains a double-rooted P2 and a well developed P3 with a small lingual lobe. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Martin 1998 | |||||
Collections
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