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Taxonomy
Hadrokirus novotini was named by Hafed et al. (2023). Its type specimen is CMM-V-10319, a mandible (incomplete body of right mandible missing vertical part of ramus, symphysis, and most of the body), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meherrin River, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Yorktown Formation of North Carolina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Hadrokirus novotini Hafed et al. |
| 2024 | Hadrokirus novotini Rule and Park p. 10 figs. Table 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Hadrokirus novotini Hafed et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. B. Hafed et al. 2023 | Right mandible (Figure 1D, E, F) characterised by large, thick and heavy mandibular body; all alveoli of p3-m1 oriented parallel with axis of mandibular body (p1-p2 absent); alveoli of p3-p4 double– rooted; m1 has round alveolus and is also double–rooted; posterior alveolus of m1 shorter than anterior; ascending mandibular ramus broken; horizontal ramus thickened towards ascending ramus; large mandibular foramen on lingual side; labial side has multiple mental foramina at level of p3-p4; retromandibular space short. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||