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Murtoilestes abramovi
Taxonomy
Prokennalestes abramovi was named by Averianov and Skutschas (2000). Its type specimen is ZIN 34834, a tooth (left M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mogoito, Promoina Klevenskogo, which is in a Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Murtoi Formation of the Russian Federation.
It was recombined as Murtoilestes abramovi by Nessov (1985), Averianov and Skutschas (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Murtoilestes abramovi by Nessov (1985), Averianov and Skutschas (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1985 | Murtoilestes abramovi Nessov |
2000 | Prokennalestes abramovi Averianov and Skutschas p. 332 figs. 2-3 |
2001 | Murtoilestes abramovi Averianov and Skutschas pp. 432-435 figs. 1-3 |
2004 | Murtoilestes abramovi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 497 |
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†Murtoilestes abramovi Averianov and Skutschas 2000
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. Averianov and P. Skutschas 2000 | Size relatively large (M2 length 2.09 mm), preparastyle small, cusps on ectocingulum except stylocone lacking, paracone and metacone with lingual slopes vertically oriented.
Differs from P. trofimovi Kielan-Jaworowska & Dashzeveg 1989 and P. minor Kielan-Jaworowska & Dashzeveg 1989 [both from the Albian of Mongolia] in being of somewhat larger size, in having a smaller preparastyle, in lacking additional cusps posterior to the stylocone on the ectocingulum, and in having more vertically oriented and shorter lingual slopes of paracone and metacone. | |
A. O. Averianov and P. P. Skutschas 2001 | Same as for the genus (Murtoilestes) |