New Distylomyid Rodents (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Early Miocene Suosuoquan Formation of Northern Xinjiang, China
Author
Bi, Shundong
Author
Meng, Jin
Author
Wu, Wenyu
Author
Ye, Jie
Author
Ni, Xijun
text
American Museum Novitates
2009
2009-08-28
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/665.1
journal article
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10.1206/665.1
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Prodistylomys
Wang and Qi, 1989
TYPE
SPECIES
:
Prodistylomys xinjiangensis
Wang and Qi, 1989
.
INCLUDED
SPECIES
:
Prodistylomys lii
,
n. sp.
;
P. wangae
,
n. sp.
GEOLOGICAL RANGE: Early Miocene.
GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION:
Xinjiang
,
China
EMENDED DIAGNOSIS: M3 bilophodont without the mure and asymmetrical with the corresponding lower molar, as in
Distylomys
. Differs from
Distylomys
in having rooted, hypsodont cheek teeth, M3 trigon semilunar shaped in outline, p4 with shorter trigonid, m1–2 with short trigonid and narrower talonid than the trigonid, thinner cement in hypoflexid and mesoflexid in lower molars.