Kennetheredium, Sigogneau-Russell, 2003

Sigogneau-Russell, Denise, 2003, Holotherian mammals from the Forest Marble (Middle Jurassic of England), Geodiversitas 25 (3), pp. 501-537 : 521

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5374561

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5463674

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C6F152B-C638-7745-F815-2CE2DF6D5CC9

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Marcus

scientific name

Kennetheredium
status

gen. nov.

Kennetheredium n. gen.

TYPE SPECIES. — Kennetheredium leesi n. gen., n. sp.

ETYMOLOGY. — heredium (Latin): heritage from Kenneth A. Kermack.

DISTRIBUTION. — Clay Bands of the Kirtlington Bone Bed, Kirtlington Quarry, Oxfordshire. Forest Marble, upper Bathonian.

DIAGNOSIS. — Holotherian lower molars characterized by a long talonid and a distally sloping lingual cingulum. Trigonid high and slender with sharp cusps; paraconid slightly shorter than metaconid and slightly sloping anteriorly. Extended antero-buccal cusp; buccal cingulum may be present. Talonid with a tiny occlusal surface. Posterior face of trigonid transverse: facet A very reduced.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Amphitheriida

Family

Peramuridae

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