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Nanosmilus
Taxonomy
Nanosmilus was named by Martin (1992). Its type is Nanosmilus kurteni.
It was synonymized subjectively with Hoplophoneus by Bryant (1996).
It was assigned to Nimravidae by Martin (1992) and Martin (1998); to Nimravinae by Peigné (2003); and to Hoplophoneini by Barrett (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Hoplophoneus by Bryant (1996).
It was assigned to Nimravidae by Martin (1992) and Martin (1998); to Nimravinae by Peigné (2003); and to Hoplophoneini by Barrett (2016).
Species
N. kurteni (type species)
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Z. Barrett 2016 | Sutural contact between the lacrimal and jugal absent; petrobasilar and posterior lacerate foramina form two distinct grooves; large tabular mastoid with reduced to near absent paroccipital process; posterior lip of the glenoid socket projects more ventrally than anterior lip; angle between the braincase, disregarding the sagittal crest, and the axial plane of the cranium is oblique; postorbital process of frontal projects ventrally; anterior dentary position is elevated above cheek tooth row; vertically orientated posterior border of coronoid process; absence of fossa on ventral face of chin; incisors all caniniform, i1 very transversely compressed and i3 nearly as large as the lower canine; ratio of crown height between P3 and P4 is 0.50–0.70; parastyle on P4; P4 protocone reduced, short, crest-like or absent; M1 transversely reduced, crest-like, with low cusps and near absent to absent protocone; lower incisor arcade curved; p3 lower than p4; anterior cusp on p4 mesially-distally shorter than the posterior cusp; the main cusp of the p4 is as tall or taller than the paraconid of m1; m1 metaconid absent; trigonid proportion of m1 88% and higher; serrations present on adult minimally worn cheek teeth. |
Measurements
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Martin 1998 | |||||