Distylomys Wang 1988

Main Authors: Bi, Shundong, Meng, Jin, Wu, Wenyu, Ye, Jie, Ni, Xijun
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2009
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4735067
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  • Distylomys Wang, 1988 TYPE SPECIES: Distylomys tedfordi Wang, 1988. INCLUDED SPECIES: Distylomys qianlishanensis Wang, 1988; D. burqinensis, n. sp. GEOLOGICAL RANGE: Late Oligocene to middle Miocene. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Inner Mongolia, Gansu, and Xinjiang, China. EMENDED DIAGNOSIS: Incisive foramen small; tooth rows convergent anteriorly; mental foramen in diastema; distinct ventral masseteric crest extending below p4; sciurognathous angular process; dental formula 1/1, 0/0, 1/1, 3/3; cheek teeth hypselodont with asymmetrical pattern; P4 nonmolariform; upper molars bilophodont without the mure; p4 molariform; lower molars bilophodont with the mure; mesoflexid and hypoflexid deep and wide, opposite to each other and with cement; worn occlusal surface of cheek teeth smoothly concave with enamel thin or interrupted at the posterior edge of teeth.
  • Published as part of Bi, Shundong, Meng, Jin, Wu, Wenyu, Ye, Jie & Ni, Xijun, 2009, New Distylomyid Rodents (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Early Miocene Suosuoquan Formation of Northern Xinjiang, China, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 3663 on page 4, DOI: 10.1206/665.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4735501