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Anachlysictis gracilis
Discussion
IGM 184247, right horizontal ramus with almost complete m2, and broken m3-4; left mandibular frgment with m2-3 complete; fragment of left symphysis; very fragmentary left frontolacrimal portion of the skull, and associated, very fragmentated postcranial material.
Taxonomy
Anachlysictis gracilis was named by Goin (1997) [Etymology: from the latin gracilis, slender]. Its type specimen is IGM 184247, a mandible (Lower p2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Duke Locality 75 (La Venta Fauna), which is in a Laventan/Mayoan fluvial claystone/sandstone in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia. It is the type species of Anachlysictis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Anachlysictis gracilis Goin |
| 2023 | Anachlysictis gracilis Suarez et al. |
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†Anachlysictis gracilis Goin 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. J. Goin 1997 | Differs from Achlysictis lelongi in its smaller size, mandible much more slender and with the symphyseal flange much less developed; lower premolar double-rooted and apparently not conical; lower molars, except m4, with small but distinct talonids; distance from m4 to mandibular condule comparatively much longer; masseteric fosa much better developed; facial portion of skull apparently flat with the ascending process of the maxillary very reduced of lacking; postorbital bar absent. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Clemens 1979, Goin 1997, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||