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Legionarictis fortidens
Taxonomy
Legionarictis fortidens was named by Tseng et al. (2009). Its type specimen is UCMP 166190, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V-99563, which is in a Barstovian/Barstovian terrestrial sandstone in the Temblor Formation of California. It is the type species of Legionarictis.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2009 | Legionarictis fortidens Tseng et al. p. 14 figs. 2-10 |
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†Legionarictis fortidens Tseng et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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Z. J. Tseng et al. 2009 | large mustelid, with very prominent sagittal crest similar to older individuals of the eurasian badger (Meles Boddaert 1785); infraorbital foramina small, immediately above posterior root of P3 as in most basal mustelines; upper tooth formula 3/1/3/1/; i3 unenlarged, as in basal muste- lines; P2-3 slender and simple, without accessory cusps; P4 protocone posteriorly offset from parastyle crest, slightly an- terior in position to paracone, similar to Martes Frisch 1775; carnassial notch absent as in all neomustelids, P4 paracone very robust, labially and lingually inflated, invading the proto- cone space; P4 hypoconal crest absent as in basal mustelines; M1 triangular in occlusal view, with well-formed, straight lingual cingulum; posterior cingulum slightly expanded, M1 labial roots close together or fused, intermediate between the morphology observed in basal mustelines and lutrines. |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barstovian to the top of the early Late Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Barstovian - early Late Barstovian | USA (California) | Mustelidae new gen. and sp. (type locality: 156738) |