Palaeohypsodontus is an extinct genus of small size Bovidae from Oligocene with unclear systematic position. It was originally described from a jaw fragment for P. asiaticus, from Mongolia, Middle Oligocene. The second species, P. zinensis was found in the Upper Oligocene of Pakistan and China.[2][3][1]
| Palaeohypsodontus Temporal range: Middle and Upper Oligocene
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| Palaeohypsodontus zinensis from Oligocene of Pakistan[1] | |
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| Genus: | Palaeohypsodontus Trofimov, 1958
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| Palaeohypsodontus asiaticus Trofimov, 1958[2] | |
Characteristics edit
Size small. Molars with high crowns (hypsodont), lacking additional columns and tubercles. Second and third molars lacking outer folds on anterior margins; other margins rib-like. Third molar talonid widely rounded.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Métais, G.; Antoine, P.−O.; Marivaux, L.; Welcomme, J.−L.; Ducrocq, S. (2003). "New artiodactyl ruminant mammal from the late Oligocene of Pakistan". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 48 (3): 375–382.
- ^ a b Trofimov, B. (1958). "New Bovidae from oligocene of Central Asia". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 2 (4): 243–247.
- ^ a b Gromova, V.I., ed. (1962). Osnovy paleontologii. Mlekopitajushchie. Moskva. Gosudarstvennoe nauchno-tekhnicheskoe izdatelstvo literature po geologii i okhrane nedr.