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Taxonomy
Scaptonyx edwardsi was named by Gaillard (1899) [Registernumber is mentioned in Hutchinson 1974. Lectotype FSL 69014, incomplete right dentaru fragment with p3-m2, remnants of four alveoli preceeding p3, and anterior alveolus of m3.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is FSL 69014, a mandible (Fragment mandible dex. and one humerus sin.).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1899 | Scaptonyx edwardsi Gaillard p. 20 figs. 18-19 |
| 1974 | Scaptonyx edwardsi Hutchinson |
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†Scaptonyx edwardsi Gaillard 1899
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Hutchinson 1974 | Moderately small mole (m1-m3 length about 4,5 mm)dental formula undetermined but probably reduced, symphasis extends posteriorly as far as2; two mental forimina, one under anteromost part of m1 and other below p2; p3-p4 double-rooted and obliques set in dentary, both with protoconid centered over anterior root and moderate talonid; p4 with small parastylid and weak lingually situated porstcristid; m1 trigonid about 90 % as wide as talonid, trigonid valley moderately narrow and above level of cingulid, precingulid short and narrow, ectocingulid deep but present only as hypoflexid, entocingulid present only below paraconid, no postcingulid, protoconid and hypoconid highest with paraconid lowest and metaconid and entoconid subequal, crista obliqua joins base of protocristid about level of notch, no metacristid; m2 trigonid valley narrow and well elevated above level of cingulid, well developed subcuspidate metacristid, crista obliqua extends lingually to join base of metacristid. |
Measurements
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 20.44000 to 11.10000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | France | Scaptonyx edwardsi (200296) | |
| Burdigalian | Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) | Scaptonyx edwardsi (39714) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Bavaria) | Scaptonyx edwardsi (49418) | |
| MN 6 | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Scaptonyx edwardsi (69711) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Baselland) | Scaptonyx edwardsi (49421) |