Tenuibrachiatum, Ziegler, 2003
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13396039 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13396212 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/480C8799-4017-760A-DE62-D3AFFC34FB24 |
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Felipe |
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Tenuibrachiatum |
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Genus Tenuibrachiatum nov.
Type species: Tenuibrachiatum storchi gen. et sp. nov.
Etymology: From Latin tenuis, tenuous; brachium, arm; tenuibrachiatum, with tenuous arms; because of the slender humerus.
Included species: Type species only.
Diagnosis.—Small urotrichine mole. Tentative mandibular dental formula 2 i, 1 c, 4 p, 3 m. Incisors procumbent, i1>i2. All lower premolars double−rooted. m1<m2>m3. Oblique cristid terminates bucally in m1, joins the metacristid in m2 and m3. P4 with tiny parastyle and marked protocone. M1 and M2 with undivided mesostyle. Para− and metaconule weakly developed in M1, well differentiated in M2. Humerus typical urotrichine, slender, long teres tubercle, pectoral tubercle situated laterally, large, pocketed supratrochlear fossa. In anterior aspect the trochlea is broadening towards the capitulum.
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