Pronodens Koerner, 1940

Calede, Jonathan J., Constenius, Kurt N., Famoso, Nicholas A. & Kehl, Winifred A., 2024, Discovery of Oligocene-aged mammals in Glacier National Park (Kishenehn Formation), Montana, Geodiversitas 46 (9), pp. 367-386 : 371

Genus Pronodens Koerner, 1940

Pronodens Koerner, 1940: 842 , fig 3.

TYPE SPECIES. — Pronodens siberlingi Koerner, 1940 by original designation.

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS (revised from Taylor & Webb 1976; Métais & Vislobokova 2007; Tabrum & Métais 2007). — Larger size than Pseudoparablastomeryx Frick, 1937 ; dentition more selenodont than in Hendryomeryx Black, 1978 , Pipestoneia Tabrum & Metais, 2007 , and “ Leptomeryx mammifer ( Cope, 1885) ; p1 missing unlike in Leptomeryx Leidy, 1853 and Pipestoneia ; shorter diastema between c and p2 than in Leptomeryx and Pseudoparablastomeryx ; lower jaw symphysis extends posteriorly to a point below anterior root of p2 unlike in Leptomeryx and Pseudoparablastomeryx ; dentary more robust and dorsoventrally deeper at the diastema than in Pseudoparablastomeryx ; mental foramen smaller than in Pseudoparablastomeryx located more posteriorly, ventral or slightly anterior to p2 unlike in Leptomeryx and Pseudoparablastomeryx ; premolars relatively smaller than in Leptomeryx ; reduced paraconid size in premolars compared to Leptomeryx ; paraconid of p4 not strongly inflected as in Pipestoneia .