Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of dusignathine
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Distinguished from later diverging odobenids (Imagotaria downsi, Pontolis magnus, dusignathines and odobenines) by retention of the following primitive characters: deep mandibular fossa (character 26); small mastoid process (character 33); two distinct roots on premolars (expect P1) (character 74 and 76).
2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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