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    Naturwissenschaften. 2007 Mar;94(3):237-41. Epub 2006 Nov 30.

    A new Early Oligocene peradectine marsupial (Mammalia)from the Burqin region of Xinjiang, China.

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    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 643, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China. nixj@amnh.org

    Abstract

    Tertiary marsupial records are very scarce in Asia. A new peradectine marsupial, Junggaroperadectes burqinensis gen. et sp. nov., is reported from the Early Oligocene Keziletuogayi Formation in the Burqin region, Xinjiang, China. This new species is based on a single right upper M2. The tooth possesses a straight centrocrista, a characteristic of peradectines. Its main cusps lean buccally, with the paracone being smaller and lower than the metacone. The conules and stylar cusps are weakly developed. These characters distinguish J. burqinensis from Euro-American Tertiary peradectines, but they also imply a close phylogenetic relationship to Siamoperadectes and Sinoperadectes, two Asian Early Miocene peradectines.

    PMID:
    17136514
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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