Galerix exilis DE BLAINVILLE, 1839

Bonilla-Salomón, Isaac, Cailleux, Florentin, Joniak, Peter, Ivanov, Martin & Sabol, Martin, 2024, Herpetotheriidae, Talpidae, And Erinaceidae From The Early Miocene Fissures Of Mokrá-Quarry (South Moravia, The Czech Republic), Fossil Imprint 80 (2), pp. 269-284 : 275

Galerix exilis DE BLAINVILLE, 1839

Text-fig. 5a–e

S t u d i e d m a t e r i a l a n d m e a s u r e m e n t s. MWQ2/2003: one right P3 (Pal. 3543: 1.69×1.37); one damaged left M2 (Pal. 3519).

MCQ3/2005: one fragment of right M1 (Pal. 3909).

MWQ4/2018: one right M1 (Pal. 4201: 2.56×2.82×3.06); one right M2 (Pal. 4200: 2.13×2.68×2.62).

D e s c r i p t i o n. P3. The tooth has one main lingual cusp ( Text-fig. 5a) and is subtriangular in shape. The protocone is connected to a small parastyle. There is a slightly curved and moderately high crest starting from the paracone and ending at the posterolabial margin of the tooth. This crest ends into a small thickening.

M1. The paracone and metacone are connected by a thin metaloph. The parastyle is well-developed and is connected to the base of the paracone. Pal. 3909 shows a distinguishable protoconule ( Text-fig. 5b), absent in Pal. 4201 ( Text-fig. 5c). Pal. 3909 also shows a connection between the postprotocrista and the metaconule ( Text-fig. 5b). This connection is absent in Pal. 4201 ( Text-fig. 5c). The metaconule is connected to the base of the metacone through the premetaconule crest. The postmetaconule crest runs posteriorly in Pal. 4201 ( Text-fig. 5c) and posterolabially in Pal. 3909 ( Text-fig. 5b). In both cases, the postmetaconule crest ends freely before the posterior cingulum. An anterior cingulum is also present.

M2. The preprotocrista ends without connecting to the paracone. There is no clear protoconule. The paracone and metacone are connected by a straight loph. The postmetacrista is almost labially oriented. On the lingual side, the postprotocrista reaches the metaconule in Pal. 3519 ( Text-fig. 5d), whereas in Pal. 4200 ( Text-fig.5e) it does not fully connect to the conule. The metaconule connects to the metacone through the premetaconule crest. The postmetaconule crest runs posteriorly along the base of the metacone without joining it, nor does it connect to the posterior cingulum. Anterior and labial cingulums are also present.