THE OLDEST KNOWN AMYNODONTID (PERISSODACTYLA, CERATOMORPHA), FROM THEEARLY EOCENE OF KYRGYZSTAN

Authors
AVERIANOV A POTAPOVA O
Citation
A. Averianov et O. Potapova, THE OLDEST KNOWN AMYNODONTID (PERISSODACTYLA, CERATOMORPHA), FROM THEEARLY EOCENE OF KYRGYZSTAN, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 323(12), 1996, pp. 1059-1065
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
323
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1059 - 1065
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1996)323:12<1059:TOKA(C>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
New material of Lushiamynodon (?) kirghisiensis Beliajeva, 1971 from t he early Eocene (late Ypresian) locality Andarak II in Kyrgyzstan show s that this species does not belong in the genus Lushiamynodon. Accord ing to the relatively anterior position of the infraorbital foramen an d of the zygomatic arch it belongs to the tribe Metamynodontyni, where as Lushiamynodon is a Cadurcodontini. The new genus Andarakodon is ere cted here for this species. This oldest known member of the Amynodonti dae is advanced for two characters mentioned above, which implies an e arly Eocene differentiation of amynodontine tribes.