Walbeckodon, Hooker & Russell, 2012

Hooker, Jerry J. & Russell, Donald E., 2012, Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 (4), pp. 856-936 : 859

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00787.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5479816

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE8792-FF91-654E-FF0A-F8A4FC6BFD47

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Marcus

scientific name

Walbeckodon
status

gen. nov.

GENUS WALBECKODON GEN. NOV.

Type species: Walbeckodon krumbiegeli sp. nov., late Selandian, Walbeck.

Referred species: Walbeckodon girardi sp. nov., late Thanetian, Cernay and Berru.

Etymology: From the locality of Walbeck and from the Greek odou ς, odonto ς, tooth. Masculine.

Diagnosis: Small louisinids. P 4 with distinct, moderate-sized hypocone. P 4 metaconid subequal with protoconid, the former restricted mesially. M 1–2 hypocone projects from lingual margin. M 2 metacone tilted lingually. Deep M 1–2 postflexus. M 1 larger than M 2 and with large paraconid. M 1–2 cristid obliqua stops short of back of trigonid. M 1–2 hypoconulid large. Dentary angle at level of tooth row. Dentary condyle far above level of tooth row (only known for W. krumbiegeli , but what is known of the dentary of W. girardi suggests a similar position).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Macroscelidea

Family

Louisinidae

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