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Borisodon Archibald & Averianov 2012, GEN. NOV.

Description

BORISODON GEN. NOV.

Etymology: Named after our irascible colleague and very good friend, the late Boris Gregorievich Veretennikov of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Type species: Sorlestes kara Nesov, 1993.

Included species: Type species only.

Diagnosis: As for the type species.

Distribution: Kazakhstan; Late Cretaceous (Turonian).

Notes

Published as part of Archibald, J. David & Averianov, Alexander, 2012, Phylogenetic analysis, taxonomic revision, and dental ontogeny of the Cretaceous Zhelestidae (Mammalia: Eutheria), pp. 361-426 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 (2) on page 401, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00771.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5406728

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Zhelestidae
Genus
Borisodon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Proteutheria
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Archibald & Averianov
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Borisodon Archibald & Averianov, 2012

References

  • Nesov LA. 1993. [New Mesozoic mammals of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan and comments about evolution of theriofaunas of Cretaceous coastal plains of Asia]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta RAN 249: 105 - 133. [in Russian].