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Bunobrontops savagei
Taxonomy
Bunobrontops savagei was named by Holroyd and Ciochon (2000). Its type specimen is UCMP 128416, an other (a right M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bahin 4, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siltstone in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar. It is the type species of Bunobrontops.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Bunobrontops savagei Holroyd and Ciochon |
| 2008 | Bunobrontops savagei Mihlbachler pp. 19 - 22 fig. 5 |
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†Bunobrontops savagei Holroyd and Ciochon 2000
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. A. Holroyd and R. L. Ciochon 2000 | Differs from all other brontotheriids in having: moder- ately crenulate enamel present on the lingual surfaces of the upper mo- lars and in the basins of the lower molars; lower crowned lower molars in which the talonid is relatively longer than the trigonid, the preme- tacristid is absent, and the cristid obliqua meets the protolophid near the midline of the tooth rather than connecting with the metaconid and postmetacristid. Differs from more advanced brontotheriids such as Mi- crotitanops, Protitan, Pygmaetitan, Sivatitanops, and Metatelmatherium in having: relatively shorter and wider upper molars with larger para- conules, more poorly developed buccal shearing crests that do not curve lingually, relatively higher lingual cusps with better developed crests, larger and more anteriorly positioned hypocone with strong prehypocone crista. Differs from more primitive brontotheriids such as Eotitan- ops, Palaeosyops, and Telmatherium in having a better developed hy- pocone, relatively smaller and more anteriorly positioned paraconule. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Mader 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||