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Deinogalerix samniticus

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Deinogalerix samniticus was named by Savorelli et al. (2017). Its type specimen is SCT 246, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Scontrone, near, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial limestone in the Lithothamnion Limestone Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Deinogalerix samniticus Savorelli et al. p. 9 figs. Figs. 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyGalericinaePomel 1848
genusDeinogalerix
speciessamniticus

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.

†Deinogalerix samniticus Savorelli et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Savorelli et al. 2017Deinogalerix samniticus sp. nov. differs from all the other species of Deino- galerix by having proportionally a smaller p3 and a larger p4. Compared to D. koenigswaldi, D. samnit- icus sp. nov. has smaller overall size; smaller p3, m1, and m2; cheek teeth lower-crowned, imper- fectly divided protocone-hypocone in P3 (Figure 4.7-8); lower protocone in P4; more acute anterola- bial corner in M3; lingually-closed trigonid basin and less-defined paraconid in p4; m1 with broad, trigonid not concave lingually, and with mesiolin- gual bulge dipping downward and protruding lin-
gually; strong and continuous mesiolabial cingulum in m2; labially-prominent hypoconid in m3.
Deinogalerix samniticus sp. nov. differs from D. freudenthali by being larger sized, but also by possessing: larger p4 and m1; slightly more buno- dont teeth; M3 with faint protoconule and more developed parastyle; trigonid of m1 with slightly lower lingual enamel wall and mesiolingual bulge dipping downward and protruding lingually; m2 with longer mesiolabial cingulum.
Deinogalerix samniticus sp. nov. differs from D. masinii by having: larger teeth (especially p4 and m1); smaller protocone, imperfectly divided protocone-hypocone and not well defined parastyle in P3; faint protoconule and more developed para- style in M3; stronger and longer mesiolabial cingu- lum in m2.