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<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,392,1153,1180]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="427">Platyphoca danica</emphasis>
Koretsky, Rahmat et Peters
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(pl. 3,
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table 2)
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. Distal part of the left humerus (pl. 3,
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), GM1, Geological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark. Cast in Museum MidtsØnderjyllands Museum, Gram Slot; number refers to collection number of original in Copenhagen.
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T y p e l o c a l i t y.
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,
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,
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(
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,
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).
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<paragraph blockId="8.[166,1225,1217,1852]" pageId="8" pageNumber="427">S t r a t i g r a p h i c a l r a n g e. Gram Formation, late Miocene (early-middle Tortonian, 8.011.5 ma).</paragraph>
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Etymology. After
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(Latinized, noun, feminine) —
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;
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<emphasis box="[1014,1092,1409,1435]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="427">danica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Latinized, adj.) — from
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.
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<paragraph blockId="8.[166,1225,1217,1852]" pageId="8" pageNumber="427">D i a g n o s i s. Coronoid and olecranon fossae of humerus wide and shallow; extended more proximally than medial epicondyle, almost reaching distal part of deltoid crest; entepicondylar foramen large, with wide bridge over it; thin lateral epicondyle very elongated, but does not reach distal part of deltoid crest; medial epicondyle wide and flattened, its lateral border forming an oval that is oriented 45° to the bones axis.</paragraph>
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D e s c r i p t i o n a n d c o m p a r i s o n. The humeral trochlea is very pronounced, especially the capitulum. The groove between the trochlea and capitulum (the middle of the internal crest of the humeral trochlear) is flattened near the floor of the coronoid fossa, unlike that in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Trouessart" authorityYear="1897" box="[331,478,1729,1755]" class="Mammalia" family="Phocidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="429" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Monachinae">Monachinae</taxonomicName>
(= arch-like) or Cystophorinae (= appearing wave-like over the coronoid fossa) (
<bibRefCitation author="Koretsky, I. A. &amp; Rahmat, S. J." box="[360,643,1761,1787]" pageId="8" pageNumber="427" pagination="325 - 350" refId="ref9725" refString="Koretsky, I. A., Rahmat, S. J. First record of fossil Cystophorinae (Carnivora, Phocidae): middle Miocene seals from the northern Paratethys // Revista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. - 2013. - 119. - P. 325 - 350." type="book chapter" year="2013">Koretsky, Rahmat, 2013</bibRefCitation>
:
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). The trochlea is higher and more prominent than in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Beneden" authorityYear="1877" box="[262,386,1793,1819]" class="Mammalia" family="Phocidae" genus="Platyphoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vulgaris">
<emphasis box="[262,386,1793,1819]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="427">P. vulgaris</emphasis>
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(pl. 3,
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). The coronoid and olecranon fossae are so shallow (in contrast to
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<emphasis box="[301,317,1826,1851]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="427">P</emphasis>
.
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) that they are barely outlined. They extend more proximal than the medial epicondyle and do not reach the distal part of the deltoid crest. The entepicondylar foramen is large, oval (in contrast to
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<emphasis box="[613,629,1593,1618]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="428">P</emphasis>
.
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</taxonomicName>
), with a broad and flat bridge over it. The lateral epicondyle is narrow, very elongated, and does not reach the distal part of the deltoid crest, but extends farther proximally than the medial epicondyle (as in
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<emphasis box="[1038,1054,1657,1682]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="428">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[1070,1161,1656,1682]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="428">vulgaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The medial epicondyle is oval (in contrast to
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<emphasis box="[652,668,1689,1714]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="428">P</emphasis>
.
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</taxonomicName>
) and forms a 45° angle with the bones axis. The distal epiphysis is narrower and thinner than in
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<emphasis box="[874,890,1721,1746]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="428">P</emphasis>
.
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</taxonomicName>
. The entire bone is unusually flat, and slender. Collectively, these features lend a spatula-like appearance of the distal end of the humerus. The general appearance of the bone suggests that it belongs to the genus
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<emphasis box="[293,422,1816,1842]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="428">Platyphoca</emphasis>
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, as indicated above.
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<paragraph blockId="9.[174,1232,1154,1229]" box="[174,244,1154,1176]" pageId="9" pageNumber="428">Plate 3.</paragraph>
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.
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, distal part of left humerus. Lee CreekMine, Yorktown Formation (Pliocene, 5.0 5.8 ma); аfter
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:
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); USNM 456523:
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— caudal;
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— cranial view.
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Fig. 2.
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<emphasis box="[238,413,1250,1271]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="428">Platyphoca danica</emphasis>
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, holotype, distal part of left humerus. Skaerum MØlle, Jutland, Denmark, Gram Formation (late Miocene, early-middle Tortonian, 8.011.5 ma); GM1:
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— caudal;
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— cranial view.
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Рис. 1.
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<emphasis box="[250,439,1330,1351]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="428">Platyphoca vulgaris</emphasis>
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, дистальная часть левой плечевой кости; из Ли-Крик, формация Йорктаун (плиоцен, 5.05.8 млн лет назад); по:
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: рис. 2 EF); USNM 456523:
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— вид сзади;
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— вид спереди.
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Рис. 2.
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, голотип, дистальная часть левой плечевой кости; Скерум-Мёлле, Ютландия,
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; грамская свита (поздний миоцен, верхний-средний тортон, 8,011,5 млн лет назад); GM1:
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— вид сзади;
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— вид спереди.
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Discussion. Although a comparison with the humerus of
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<emphasis box="[922,938,176,201]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="429">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[955,1046,175,201]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="429">vulgaris</emphasis>
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is limited due to the absence of the proximal part of the bone as well as by its origin from a different geological age, this Danish humerus is compatible with humeri of
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<emphasis box="[993,1224,239,265]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="429">Platyphoca vulgaris</emphasis>
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in several anatomical characters and its size. At the same time, the preserved part of the humerus appears to bear enough distinctive characters to describe a new taxon.
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Similar to
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<emphasis box="[339,451,335,361]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="429">Gryphoca</emphasis>
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, the unusual and rare taxon
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<emphasis box="[782,911,335,361]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="429">Platyphoca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known to researchers by name and was critically re-examined by
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and
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. Despite the fragmentary representation of this species in Van Benedens original collection, the examination of additional fossil material from the Lee Creek Mine (
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) shows the same very distinctive morphological features (such as spatula-like distal end of the humerus). The high affinity of this newly described humerus from
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with
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<emphasis box="[1001,1130,495,521]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="429">Platyphoca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the amount of similar fossil material from other parts of the world indicate that
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="429">Platyphoca danica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
represents an identifiable species.
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