Reinvestigation of the Early Cretaceous eutherian mammal Endotherium niinomii Shikama, 1947, based on the impressions of the type specimen, casts made from the impressions, and the original description, indicates that E. niinomii is characterized by the following characters: decrease in size from the m1 to the m3; a moderate height difference between the trigonid and talonid of lower molars; blunt lower molar cusps; the protoconid being the largest among the trigonid cusps; the paraconid being as tall as th...
【基金】
supported by Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (no. 24740349, 16K17830) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science awarded to N.K.;
the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (no. XDB18000000);
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 41688103, 41541015);
the Dalian Municipal Science and Technology Plan Projects (no. 20044J9JH238)~~
【更新日期】
2018-08-17
【分类号】
Q915.8
【正文快照】
1 IntroductionEndotherium niinomii Shikama,1947,is a eutherian mammal discovered from the FuxinFormation at the Xinqiu(Hsinchiu)coal mine in Fuxin(Husin),Fuxin-Jinzhou Basin,LiaoningProvince,northeastern China.The report was subsequently reviewed by Shika