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Tinodon micron
Taxonomy
Tinodon micron was named by Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell (2000). Its type specimen is DORCM GS 1110, a tooth (left lower molar with broken paraconid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sunnydown Farm Quarry (clay: upper horizon; equivalent to DB 102/103 ), which is in a Berriasian/Berriasian lacustrine - small limestone/claystone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2000 | Tinodon micron Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell pp. 774-778 figs. 8A-B, 9C-E, 10 |
2004 | Tinodon micron Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 364 |
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†Tinodon micron Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 2000
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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P. Ensom and D. Sigogneau-Russell 2000 | Lower molars differ from those of both Tinodon bellus and T. lepidus by their smaller size, the presence of posterior and anterior labial cingula, a less centrally acute lingual cingulum, and a lesser occlusal
angulation of the cusps. |