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FOSSIL RECORD
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 93-107Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/fr-21-93-2018
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A new genus and species - Motlayoichthys sergioi (ZooBank registration: urn: lsid: zoobank. org: pub: 2C503741-2362-4234-8CE0-BB7D8BE5A236, urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: EF5040FD-F306-4C0F-B9DA-2CC696CA349D) - from the Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) of the Muhi Quarry, Hidalgo, central Mexico is assigned to the family Pachyrhizodontidae based on the presence of the inner premaxillary tooth and a few other cranial characters. Its unique suite of characters, that includes several autapomorphies supports its assignment as a new genus and species, such as the presence of a triangular head with three sides of similar lengths and with its deepest part at the level of the supraoccipital region; the lower jaw projecting anterior to the premaxilla; the ornamentation of cranial bones - especially those of the cheek region consisting of fine longitudinal crests densely covering the bony surfaces; one or a few deep grooves on the mandibular teeth, which in addition bear acrodin tips ornamented with fine parallel striae; and the position of the dorsal fin, near the posterior margin of the cranium. Motlayoichthys n.gen., together with Michin, Pachyrhizodus, Rhacolepis, and Notelops, is part of the early radiation of pachyrhizodontoids during Albian times.
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