Promephitis lartetii Gaudry, 1861 (Carnivora: Mephitidae) from the Late Miocene of Tuva (Taralyk-Cher Locality)

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The paper describes fossil remains of Promephitis lartetii (Mephitidae) from the Upper Miocene (MN 12-13) of Tuva, the Taralyk-Cher locality, presented by two nearly complete deformed skulls, mandibular rami, and maxilla, mandible fragments, and isolated teeth. The variability of taxonomically significant characters in the morphology P4-M1 and the skull of P. lartetii has been studied. The stability of the taxonomic characters of the genus Promephitis has been analyzed.

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I. F. Araslanov

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, Moscow, 117647

A. V. Lavrov

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, Moscow, 117647

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2. Fig. 1. The structure of the right M1 of Promephitis lartetii Gaudry, 1861, specimen PIN, No. 5126/767, view from the occlusal side: Alc - anterolingual cingulum; Hp - hypocone; Mt - metacone; Mtl - metaconule; Prc - precingulum; Pa - paracone; Pal - paraloph; Pas - parastyle; Prpac - preparacrista; Prmc - premetacrista; Prptc - preprotocrista; Pt - protocone; Ptmc - postmetacrista; Ptpac - postparacrista; Ptptc - postprotocrista; Stc - stylocones; Stcr - stylocrista.

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3. Fig. 2. Promephitis lartetii Gaudry, 1861, specimen PIN, No. 5126/767, deformed skull with right C1–M1 and left P3–M1 on the ventral side; Russia, Tuva, Taralyk-Cher; Upper Miocene.

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4. Fig. 6. Two-dimensional diagram of the size ratio of P4 (W/L) Promephitis. The nature of the value fields of P. lartetii from China and P. parvus is determined by the measurement intervals according to: Wang, Qiu, 2004.

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5. Fig. 7. Two-dimensional diagram of the ratio of sizes of M1 (W/L) Promephitis. The nature of the fields of values ​​of P. lartetii from China and P. parvus is determined by the intervals of measurements according to: Wang, Qiu, 2004.

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6. Fig. 3. Promephitis lartetii Gaudry, 1861, specimen PIN, No. 5126/767, right branch of the lower jaw with c1, p2–m2: a – lateral side; b – medial side; c – occlusal side; Russia, Tuva, Taralyk-Cher; Upper Miocene.

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7. Fig. 4. Labial cingulid of the talonid m1 Promephitis: a, b – P. lartetii Gaudry, 1861, specimen PIN, No. 5126/793; Russia, Tuva, Taralyk-Cher; Upper Miocene; c, d – P. maeotica Alexejew, 1915, specimen PIN, No. 355/1521; Ukraine, Novoelizavetovka; Upper Miocene.

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8. Fig. 5. Promephitis lartetii, upper dentition from the occlusal side: a – visualization of computed tomography of specimen PIN, No. 5126/767, dex.; b – IVPP V13310, dex. (Wang, Qiu, 2004, Fig. 1). The length of the scale bar is 10 mm.

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