Falcatodon, Morales & Pickford, 2017
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https://doi.org/ 10.2478/if-2017-0019 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB2F7E-F400-FFD5-FE9C-FAED58E8F873 |
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Diego |
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Falcatodon |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Falcatodon gen. nov.
T y p e s p e c i e s. Metapterodon schlosseri HOLROYD,
1999.
D e r i v a t i o n o m i n i s. From “falcate”, the cutting sword used by the Iberians.
D i a g n o s i s. Medium sized Hyainailourinae , differing from Metapterodon by the reduction of the protocone in the upper molars (M1 – M2), which is located in a very anterior position. It differs from Hyainailouros by the more sectorial morphology of the upper molars, with more advanced fusion of the paracone-metacone with, nevertheless, a groove separating the cusps visible in the M1. Lower molars sectorial with reduced talonid and without a metaconid. It differs from Isohyaenodon , Sectisodon and Exiguodon , by the lesser reduction of the protocone in the upper molars which, above all, retain a stretched out subtriangular occlusal outline.
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