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
Peignictis
n. gen.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
D0A7BD46-4A31-4346-B31A-2EC645AF3720
TYPE
SPECIES. —
Peignictis pseudamphictis
n. sp.
by monotypy.
DIAGNOSIS. — Small Mustelida. Shallow corpus mandibulae, deep masseteric fossa distally to the level of m2 but more shallow in its upper part and gently diminishing; broad ascending ramus at its base but the distal border being oblique forward, it is narrowing up to the condyle before being broken off. Condyle situated high; small, medially advanced and slightly down directed angular process. High trigonid of m1 with protoconid far higher than the other cuspids and with an almost vertical distal face; protoconid and paraconid provide a clear buccal shearing surface; metaconid pointed and higher than the paraconid but not especially reduced or distally displaced.
ETYMOLOGY. — From latin
ictis
(weasel) and dedicated to the late Stéphane Peigné for his work on
Carnivora
.