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, partial skull lacking neurocranium (fig. 3); C1M3 present on right side, C1M2 on left side, with partial alveoli for I2I3. Unfortunately, the skull broke along its long axis after collection, although little bone has been lost from complementary edges. All the cranial specimens from the
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are damaged to a greater or lesser degree, and dentitions tend to be incomplete and much worn.
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was chosen as the
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because its teeth are on average less worn than those in comparable specimens and all cheekteeth are preserved (albeit on one side only).
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: Pattons Fissure, near Spot
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on the northern coast of Cayman Brac. The
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was recovered from layer 5 (
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below the surface), which has been radiocarbon dated on the basis of land snail shell carbonate to 11,180 ± 105
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C yr BP (see Radiocarbon Dating).
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ETYMOLOGY: Frp, Latin
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, “half,” and
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, “belt,” in reference to absence of the precingulum on all upper molars.
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REFERRED SPECIMENS:
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Pattons Fissure: partial skulls, UF 23258, 23264, 23277, 23279, 2329323301, 2333223337, 23360- 23363, 23393, 23394, 23407; mandibles, UF 23241, 23242, 23245, 2325123256, 23259, 2326523269, 2328023285, 2331123313, 2332423326, 23343, 2334723359, 23364, 23365, 2336723378, 23383, 23389, 23397, 23398, 23400, 23404, 2340823417, 23421, 2342623432, 23436, 23437, 2344823450 (also includes a large sample of postcranial material not listed here). Pollard
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Cave, Shearwater Cave 2.
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Dolphin Cave: UF 172845, right mandible with c1m3; UF 172846, right mandible with c1m3; UF 172863, right mandible with p2m3; UF 172908, left mandible with p2, p4m3; UF 172909, left mandible with c1, p2, m1m3; UF 172910, left mandible with m1m3; UF 172926, right mandible with m1 m2; UF 172939, partial skull lacking braincase, with right C1M2 and left P2-M2; UF 172940, left mandible with p2, p4m3; UF 172950, left mandible m1m2. Barn Owl Cave: UF 23242, right mandible with p2m3. Bodden Cave: UF 23241, right mandible with p4m3. Furtherland Farms: UF 172803, left mandible with p2, p4 m3. Old Man Cave: UF 23245, right mandible with c1, p2, m1; UF 23246, right mandible with p2, p4m3; UF 23247, edentulous right mandible; UF 23248, partial edentulous right mandible; UF 23249, right mandible with p2, p
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3; UF 23250, left mandible with p2, p4m3; UF 23251, left mandible with p4m3.
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DIAGNOSIS: Within
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,
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expresses unique reductions in cingulum/ ectocingulid features on upper/lower molars. It can be distinguished in lacking precingula on all molars, attenuation of postcingula on M1 and M2, and uniform de-emphasis of ectocingulids on lower cheekteeth. Closest morphological similarities are to Cuban
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<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFE8F178EFE36FA78" box="[370,483,1483,1506]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N. micrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in regard to tooth shape, dimensions, and discrete characters.
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<subSubSection id="C319652DFFD8FFAAFF711468FCA5FD3D" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BBC36A6FFD8FFAAFF711468FCA5FD3D" blockId="14.[108,636,226,1738]" lastBlockId="14.[684,1213,226,679]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">
DESCRIPTION: In the absence of good cranial remains of Cayman nesophontids, teeth are the main source of characters (figs. 39). In the following set of differential diagnoses, we compare
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFF9114F7FEC3F950" authorityName="Morgan &amp; Macphee &amp; Woods &amp; Turvey" authorityYear="2019" box="[108,278,1714,1738]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hemicingulus">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFF9114F7FEC3F950" box="[108,278,1714,1738]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N. hemicingulus</emphasis>
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to species from the major islands on which
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFCEA12A7FC4FFF60" authorityName="Anthony" authorityYear="1916" box="[791,922,226,250]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFCEA12A7FC4FFF60" box="[791,922,226,250]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Nesophontes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
formerly occurred:
<collectingCountry id="F3147636FFD8FFAAFB8E12A7FD0BFE81" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Puerto Rico</collectingCountry>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFD0F1346FCB6FE81" box="[754,867,259,283]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edithae">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFD0F1346FCB6FE81" box="[754,867,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N. edithae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
<collectingCountry id="F3147636FFD8FFAAFC801346FC62FE81" box="[893,951,259,283]" name="Cuba" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Cuba</collectingCountry>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFC361346FBFBFE80" authorityName="Arredondo" authorityYear="1970" box="[971,1070,259,282]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFC361346FC0BFE80" box="[971,990,259,282]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFC131346FBFBFE80" box="[1006,1070,259,282]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFBC21346FB79FE80" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1917" box="[1087,1196,259,282]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrus">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFBC21346FB79FE80" box="[1087,1196,259,282]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N. micrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and Hispaniola (
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFC941360FBDCFEA6" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1929" box="[873,1033,292,316]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hypomicrus">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFC941360FBDCFEA6" box="[873,1033,292,316]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N. hypomicrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFBE51360FCE0FEC7" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFBE51360FB6DFEA1" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1929" box="[1048,1208,292,316]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paramicrus">N. paramicrus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFD511303FCE0FEC7" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1929" box="[684,821,326,349]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zamicrus">N. zamicrus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
). Hispaniolan
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFC181303FB53FEC7" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1929" box="[997,1158,326,349]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paramicrus">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFC181303FB53FEC7" box="[997,1158,326,349]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N. paramicrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and Cuban
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFD021322FCBEFEE4" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1917" box="[767,875,358,382]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrus">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFD021322FCC7FEE4" box="[767,786,359,382]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFCDF1322FCBEFEE4" box="[802,875,359,382]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">micrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are very similar, and were in fact synonymized by
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B57FFD8FFAAFC6813C2FBE7FE05" author="Varona, L. S." box="[917,1074,391,415]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" refId="ref40061" refString="Varona, L. S. 1974. Catalogo de los mamiferos vivientes y extinguidos de las Antillas. Havana: Academia de Ciencias de Cuba." type="book" year="1974">Varona (1974)</bibRefCitation>
on the basis of his comparisons and those of Patterson (1962). However, these two species differ in some characters, such as the absence of a constricted infraorbital foramen in
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFC871049FC36FDB9" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1917" box="[890,995,524,547]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrus">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFC871049FC36FDB9" box="[890,995,524,547]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N. micrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and for this reason are distinguished here. Cingulum/cingulid characters, the only reliably diagnostic characters for
<taxonomicName id="4C034D25FFD8FFAAFD51102AFCB5FD1C" authorityName="Morgan &amp; Macphee &amp; Woods &amp; Turvey" authorityYear="2019" box="[684,864,622,646]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesophontidae" genus="Nesophontes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hemicingulus">
<emphasis id="B977EAB4FFD8FFAAFD51102AFCB5FD1C" box="[684,864,622,646]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">N. hemicingulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the current hypodigm, are treated separately.
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