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Bothremys maghrebiana
Taxonomy
Bothremys maghrebiana was named by Gaffney et al. (2006). Its type specimen is AMNH 30561, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, which is in a Danian marine phosphorite in the Couche 2 Formation of Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Bothremys maghrebiana Gaffney et al. p. 83 |
| 2012 | Bothremys maghrebiana Rabi et al. p. 665 |
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†Bothremys maghrebiana Gaffney et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | A member of the genus Bothremys with the following unique features: postorbital-palatine contact on posterior surface of septum orbitotemporale (unknown in B. kellyi and B. arabicus); jugal exposed only in tip of triturating pit, allowing broad contact of palatine and maxilla; midline concavity formed by premaxilla and maxilla short and narrow; other distinguishing features: very narrow vomer-maxilla contact, in contrast to B. cooki; ventral rim of orbit without distinct margin, in contrast to B. kellyi and B. arabicus; lower jaws narrower than in B. cooki. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 | |||||