A new monachine seal (Monachinae, Phocidae, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Cerro La Bruja (Ica department, Peru)
Author
Dewaele, Leonard
Directorate of Earth and History of Life, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Rue Vautier, Brussels 1000 (Belgium) and FunMorph Lab, Department of Biology, Antwerp University, Campus Drie Eiken, 1 Universiteitsplein, Antwerp 2610 (Belgium) and EDDy Lab, Department of Geology, Liège University, Quartier Agora, 14 Allée du six Août, Liège 4000 (Belgium)
Author
Muizon, Christian de
Départment Origines et Évolution, CR 2 P URM 7207 (MNHN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)
text
Geodiversitas
2024
2024-02-15
46
3
31
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https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2024v46a3.pdf
journal article
288381
10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a3
8640f6be-b3a6-45ac-93ac-f522e14c3eba
1638-9395
10671140
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D352D32F-9010-4E2D-ABEF-B890D7BD630D
TABLE 22. — Measurements (in mm) of the tibia and fibula of Magophoca brevirostris n. gen., n. sp. Abbreviations: e, estimate for a character due to minor damage; n/a, a character could not be measured. | MNHN.F.PPI276 | MNHN.F. |
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| (holotype) | PPI282 |
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| Character | left | right | right |
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| Overall, length | 224.4 | 237.2e | n/a |
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| Proximal epiphysis, max. width | 62.7 | 65.5e | n/a |
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| Tibial plateau, width | 51.7 | 51.7e | n/a |
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| Diaphysis of the tibia, min. width | 22.4 | n/a | n/a |
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| Diaphysis of the tibia, min. breadth | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| Diaphysis of the fibula, min. width | 8.8 | n/a | n/a |
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| Diaphysis of the fibula, min. breadth | 11.4 | n/a | n/a |
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| Medial proximal articular facet, width | 19.9 | n/a | n/a |
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| Medial proximal articular facet, |
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| length | 24.6 | 25.3 | n/a |
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| Lateral proximal articular facet, width | 25.0 | 23.9 | n/a |
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| Lateral proximal articular facet, width | 33.4 | 33.4 | n/a |
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| Intercondylar groove, min. width | 5.8 | 7.4 | n/a |
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| Tibial tuberosity, width | 15.7 | 17.1 | n/a |
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| Tibial tuberosity, length | 17.1 | 17.7 | n/a |
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| Distal epiphysis of the tibia, width | 34.9 | 33.2 | 36.0 |
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| Distal epiphysis of the tibia, breadth | 28.7 | 26.0 | 30.6 |
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| Distal epiphysis of the fibula, width | 22.5 | 19.8 | n/a |
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| Distal epiphysis of the fibula, breadth | 26.7 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
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| Distal articular facet of tibia, width | 20.3 | 20.1 | 25.1 |
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| Distal articular facet of tibia, breadth | 20.0 | 21.3 | 29.4 |
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| Distal articular facet of fibula, width | 16.9 | 15.3 | n/a |
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| Distal articular facet of fibula, | 21.9 | 21.3 | 22.0 |
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| breadth |
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