Domnina (Mammalia, Soricomorpha) from the latest Eocene (Chadronian) Medicine Pole Hills Local Fauna of North Dakota
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Two species of soricids are present in the Chadronian Medicine Pole Hills Local Fauna, Domnina cf. D. thompsoni and a new species of Domnina described herein. The new species is the third Chadronian species of Domnina and differs from other species in being larger and in having the M2 nearly the same size as the M1. The most similar described material is from the Uintan Swift Current Local Fauna, but no taxonomic relationship is suggested. Neither the new species nor D. cf. D. thompsoni provide any biochronologic evidence for the age of the Medicine Pole Hills Local Fauna.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008