Biology:Montirictus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammaliamorphs


Montirictus
Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Tritylodontidae
Genus: Montirictus
Matsuoka et al., 2016
Type species
Montirictus kuwajimaensis
Matsuoka et al., 2016

Montirictus is an extinct genus of tritylodonts known from the Early Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation of Japan . It was among the latest surviving tritylodontids, and is closely related to the earlier Xenocretosuchus from mainland Asia, and the Jurassic Stereognathus from the UK.[1] It may be a species of the genus Stereognathus,[2] but resolution of its affinities conditions upon the discovery of additional material.[3]

References

  1. Matsuoka, H.; Kusuhashi, N.; Corfe, I.J. (July 2016). "A new early Cretaceous tritylodontid (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group) of Central Japan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 (4): e1112289. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1112289. 
  2. Averianov, A.O.; Martin, T.; Lopatin, A.V.; Schultz, J.A.; Skutschas, P.P.; Rico, S.; Krasnolutskii, S.A. (2017). "A tritylodontid synapsid from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia and the taxonomy of derived tritylodontids". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 (5): e1363767. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1363767. 
  3. Panciroli, E.; Walsh, S.; Fraser, N.C.; Brusatte, S.L.; Corfe, I. (2017). "A reassessment of the postcanine dentition and systematics of the tritylodontid Stereognathus (Cynodontia, Tritylodontidae, Mammaliamorpha), from the Middle Jurassic of the United Kingdom". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 (5): e1351448. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1351448. 

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