Carnivora from the early Oligocene of the ‘ Phosphorites du Quercy’ in southwestern France
Author
Bonis, Louis de
Palevoprim: laboratoire de Paléontologie, Évolution, Paléoécosystèmes, Paléoprimatologie, Bâtiment B 35 TSA 51106, 6 rue Michel Brunet F- 86073 Poitiers cedex 9 (France)
louis.debonis@univ-poitiers.fr
Author
Gardin, Axelle
Palevoprim: laboratoire de Paléontologie, Évolution, Paléoécosystèmes, Paléoprimatologie, Bâtiment B 35 TSA 51106, 6 rue Michel Brunet F- 86073 Poitiers cedex 9 (France)
axelle.gardin@univ-poitiers.fr
Author
Blondel, Cécile
Palevoprim: laboratoire de Paléontologie, Évolution, Paléoécosystèmes, Paléoprimatologie, Bâtiment B 35 TSA 51106, 6 rue Michel Brunet F- 86073 Poitiers cedex 9 (France)
cecile.blondel@univ-poitiers.fr
text
Geodiversitas
2019
2019-09-10
41
15
601
621
journal article
10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a15
1e89d723-7f54-4d6b-85dd-6bcd573eca32
1638-9395
3694209
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9DD3CC29-3AEA-44B8-8E8F-6AD882DF5B1C
Wangictis tedfordi
(
Wang & Qiu, 2003
)
n. comb.
Pachycynodon tedfordi
Wang & Qiu, 2003: 117
.
TYPE
MATERIAL
. —
Holotype
: left hemi-mandible with c-m2 by monotypy
TYPE
LOCALITY
. — Ulanmannei, east of Saint-Jacques,
Nei Mongol
,
China
.
TYPE
HORIZON
. — Early Oligocene.
DIAGNOSIS. — That of the genus.
REMARKS
The
type
hemi-mandible was described (
Wang & Qiu 2003
) as
Pachycynodon
. Nevertheless, despite the relatively swollen cheek teeth, as in all
Amphicynodontidae
, it differs from the species of the genus
Pachycynodon
by the p4, which is lower than the protoconid of m1, the reduced metaconid of m1 and the very short paraconid, the shape of the premolars, and the reduction of p1-p3, which seems to indicate a shorter muzzle. This fossil may belong in the family
Amphicynodontidae
but not into the genus
Pachycynodon
. The occurrence in Asia of
W. tedfordi
(
Wang & Qiu, 2003
)
n. comb.
indicates a larger splitting of the family than previously thought.