Two new tritylodontids (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Upper Jurassic, southwestern Mongolia

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Alternative: Two new genera of tritylodonts

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Series: American Museum novitates, number 3874

By

Velazco, Paúl M. , author

Buczek, Alexandra J. , author
Novacek, Michael J. , author

Type

Book

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Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History [2017]

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"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