Title:

Diamantochloris mandible from the Ypresian/Lutetian of Namibia

Author(s):
Publication Year:
2018
Abstract:

The Black Crow limestone has yielded a fragment of lower jaw of the primitive chrysochlorid, Diamantochloris inconcessus, containing four teeth. The mandibular ramus shows a suite of morphological features that link it with tenrecids but it possesses some derived characters of the mandible and teeth which indicate that it belongs to Chrysochloridae (golden moles), thereby indicating a close phylogenetic relationship between these two groups of afrotheres. A damaged maxilla is attributed to this species. A lower molar from Black Crow, similar in morphology to the holotype m/3 but of considerably smaller dimensions, probably represents a second genus of chrysochlorid. Keywords: Chrysochloridae, Afrotheria, Ypresian/Lutetian, Namibia, Mandible, Maxilla, Audition, Vocalisation.

Publication Title:

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia

Publisher:
Geological Survey of Namibia
Volume:
19
Pages:
51-65
Item Type:
Journal Article
Language:
en
Keywords: