Plesiomeryx huerzeleri, Berger, 1959

Blondel, Cecile, 2005, New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (2), pp. 145-166 : 152

PLESIOMERYX HUERZELERI BERGER, 1959

1937 Caenotherium gracile Pomel ; Dehm, 1937: 352.

Holotype: Skull BSP1952 II 1149. Gaimersheim fissure filling ( Germany) ( MP28 ).

Diagnosis: Species of Plesiomeryx that appears similar to P. cadurcensis , but is larger. The fronto- nasal suture is short. The lingual cingulum of P/3 is missing. The lingual and labial cones of P/4 reach the same level ( Berger, 1959).

Referred material: Mas de Got: four maxillary fragments, one with right P2/-M3/ ( MGT 3209), one with right P3/-M2/ ( MGT 3208), one with left P1/-M1/ ( MGT 3212), and one with left P4/-M3/ ( MGT 3213); 14 mandibular fragments, two with left P/2-M/3 ( MGT 131, MGT 3187), three with left P/3-M/3 ( MGT 103, MGT 115, MGT 134), two with left P/2-M/1 ( MGT 105, MGT 138), two with right P/3-M/2 ( MGT 107, MGT 3183), one with left P/1-P/3 ( MGT 124), two with right P/3-P/ 4 ( MGT 191, MGT 3177), one with right P/3-M/1 ( MGT 3193), one with left P/2-P/3 ( MGT 195). La Plante 2: three mandibular fragments, two with right P/3-M/1 ( PL 2 1171, PL 2 1221), one with left P/2-P/3 ( PL 2 1216). Pech Crabit: four left maxillary fragments P1/- P2/ ( PCT 382, PCT 391, PCT 431, PCT 1000); 11 mandibular fragments, two with left P/2-P/3 ( PCT 348),