Cranial morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Amynodontidae Scott & Osborn, 1883 (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea)
Author
Veine-Tonizzo, Léa
Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, Université de Rennes 1, CNRS, 35000 Rennes (France) and JURASSICA Museum, Route de Fontenais 21, CH- 2900 Porrentruy (Switzerland) and Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K 1 S 5 B 6 (Canada) and Beaty Centre for Species Discovery, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D., Ottawa, ON, K 1 P 6 P 4 (Canada) leaveinetonizzo @ cmail. carleton. ca (corresponding author)
leaveinetonizzo@cmail.carleton.ca
Author
Tissier, Jérémy
JURASSICA Museum, Route de Fontenais 21, CH- 2900 Porrentruy (Switzerland) and American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 Street, US- 10024 New York (United States) jeremy. tissier 123 @ gmail. com
jeremy.tissier123@gmail.com
Author
Bukhsianidze, Maia
Georgian National Museum, 3, Purtseladze street, Tbilisi 0105 (Georgia) maiabukh @ gmail. com
maiabukh@gmail.com
Author
Vasilyan, Davit
Author
Becker, Damien
JURASSICA Museum, Route de Fontenais 21, CH- 2900 Porrentruy (Switzerland) and Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, CH- 1700 Fribourg (Switzerland) davit. vasilyan @ jurassica. ch damien. becker @ jurassica. ch
davit.vasilyan@jurassica.ch
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Comptes Rendus Palevol
2023
2023-03-20
22
8
109
142
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a8
journal article
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10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a8
f100859e-029b-47d5-8854-258ca1d5d772
1777-571X
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3201699E-0180-4DB2-9C25-60EE6A783D85
METAMYNODONTINI
The tribe
Metamynodontini
is defined by three unambiguous synapomorphies free of homoplasy (Bremer index = 1): the zygomatic arch is high
11
(1); the postglenoid process of squamosal is flat
42
(0); the humerus distal articulation has a deep median constriction (diabolo-shaped)
194
(1). This tribe includes the two clades (
Paramynodon
,
Megalamynodon
) and (
Sellamynodon
,
Metamynodon
).
The clade formed by
Paramynodon
and
Megalamynodon
is supported by two unambiguous synapomorphies (Bremer index = 1): the zygomatic process progressively diverges from the maxilla
37
(0); I3 has a similar size to I2
293
(1). The clade formed by
Sellamynodon
and
Metamynodon
is supported by a single unambiguous synapomorphy (Bremer index = 1): the external auditory pseudomeatus is closed
18
(2). The specimen UNISTRA.2015.0.1106 is sister group to
Metamynodon planifrons
, which supports its taxonomical identification (Bremer index = 1).
Metamynodon planifrons
(
sensu lato
, = UNISTRA.2015.0.1106 and
M. planifrons
) has three autapomorphies: the anterior base of the zygomatic process of the maxilla is low
10
(1); the vomer is acute
38
(0); the paracone fold of M3 is absent
289
(1).