Title
Two new tritylodontids (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Upper Jurassic, southwestern Mongolia
Title Variants
Alternative:
Two new genera of tritylodonts
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, number 3874
By
Velazco, Paúl M.
, author
Buczek, Alexandra J.
, author
Novacek, Michael J.
, author
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History [2017]
Notes
Caption title.
"February 21, 2017."
Two new genera and species of Tritylodontidae, Shartegodon altai and Nuurtherium baruunensis, are described and compared with other known tritylodontids. The new taxa are represented by two partial skulls and, in the case of Nuurtherium, postcranial elements. They were collected from the lower part of the Ulan Malgait Sequence (Upper Jurassic) in the Shar Teg locality, Gobi-Altai Aimag, southwestern Mongolia. The upper postcanine teeth of these two genera have unique cusp formulae that differentiate them from other tritylodontids. As has been suggested for most tritylodontids in general, these two new genera may have been herbivorous.
Subjects
Govʹ-Altaĭ Aĭmag
,
Jurassic
,
Mongolia
,
Nuurtherium
,
Nuurtherium baruunensis
,
Paleontology
,
Reptiles, Fossil
,
Shartegodon
,
Shartegodon altai
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3874 2017
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/3874.1
OCLC:
973329167
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