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Piramys auffenbergi
Taxonomy
Piramys auffenbergi was named by Prasad (1974). Its type specimen is GSI 18133, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Piram Island, which is in a Miocene coastal conglomerate in the Piram Conglomerate Formation of India.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1974 | Piramys auffenbergi Prasad p. 6 figs. Plate 3, Fig. 1; Figs. 2-4 |
| 2018 | Piramys auffenbergi Ferreira et al. |
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†Piramys auffenbergi Prasad 1974
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. S. Ferreira et al. 2018 | Piramys auffenbergi is distinguished from the other members of Stereogenyini by the following combination of characters: a pinched snout (not present in Latentemys plowdeni Gaffney et al., 2011, Bairdemys venezuelensis Wood & Díaz de Gamero, 1971, and Bairdemys sanchezi Gaffney et al., 2008), a deep interorbital groove on the prefrontal and frontal (otherwise present in Cordichelys antiqua Andrews, 1903), foramen nervi trigemini located above the level of the sulcus palatinopterygoideus (in contrast to the more ventrally displaced foramen nervi trigemini in Shweboemys pilgrimi and Brontochelys gaffneyi), the lower temporal emargination rising above the ventral level of the orbit (shallower in C. antiqua and unknown for other Stereogenyita), and the foramen stapedio-temporale placed anteriorly (autapomorphic character). |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | India (Gujarat) | Piramys auffenbergi (type locality: 87489) |