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Les mammifères Montiens de Hainin (Paléocène moyen de Belgique) Part1: Multituberculés.
Published online: 01/11/1979
Keywords:
Belgium; Hainin; Mammals; multituberculates; Paleocene
https://doi.org/10.18563/pv.9.4.117-131
References: 12
Cited by: 3
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Monique Vianey-Liaud, 1979. Les mammifères Montiens de Hainin (Paléocène moyen de Belgique) Part1: Multituberculés. PalaeoVertebrata 9 (4): 117-131. doi: 10.18563/pv.9.4.117-131
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Abstract
The Montian locality of Hainin (Hainaut, Belgium) yielded about twenty teeth of Multituberculates. They are very peculiar forms, showing no affinities, at the generic level, with those hitherto known from North America, Asia and Europe. They are referred to the new taxa Boffius splendidus nov. gen., nov. sp., Hainina belgica nov. gen., nov. sp., and H. godfriauxi nov. gen., nov. sp. They expose some common features, such as the advanced type of first upper molar. possessing at least three complete rows of cusps. Because of this, and also of the upper premolar reduction, Boffius splendidus appears as the most specialized form within the Ptilodontoidea suborder.
Several other characters of Hainina seem to be less advanced, such as the great number of upper premolars and the simple cusp-formula of the first lower molar.
Till now, only H. godfriauxi has been recovered within the Thanetian fauna from Cemay-les-Reims, where it is very poorly documented.
Published in Vol. 09, Fasc. 4 (1979)
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