Vertebrate paleobiodiversity of the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Angeac-Charente Lagerstätte (southwestern France): implications for continental faunal turnover at the J / K boundary
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Allain, Ronan
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Vullo, Romain
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Rozada, Lee
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Anquetin, Jérémy
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Bourgeais, Renaud
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Goedert, Jean
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Lasseron, Maxime
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Martin, Jeremy E.
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Pérez-García, Adán
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Fabrègues, Claire Peyre De
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Royo-Torres, Rafael
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Augier, Dominique
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Bailly, Gilles
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Geodiversitas
2022
2022-07-21
44
25
683
752
journal article
107849
10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a25
d0184974-bea3-4f97-a2f8-98887ec4f87e
1638-9395
6902033
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA12DCB7-A5BE-4763-B805-25087EBD726D
Mammalia
indet.
(
Fig. 32C, D
)
DESCRIPTION
A tooth from the mammal material of Angeac-Charente, ANG M-34 (
Fig. 32C, D
), preserves a high, main central cusp, one accessory cusp and one root. Given the strong development of the accessory cusp and the inclination of the main cusp apex, this side of the tooth, and thus the only preserved root, is considered to be distal. The section of the tooth breakage shows that a second, mesial root was present. A symmetrical and similar accessory cusp was maybe present on the mesial side. Such morphology is reminiscent to that of the posterior premolariforms of the Middle Jurassic eutriconodont
Amphilestes
and other “
Amphilestidae
” (Kielan-Jaworowska
et al.
2004). However, without the second half of the tooth, it is difficult to reach a conclusion, as it could also correspond to other, more derived mammals. Without any more diagnostic characters, this specimen is thus cautiously identified as
Mammalia
indet.