Caenomeryx, HURZELER, 1936

Blondel, Cecile, 2005, New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (2), pp. 145-166 : 158

GENUS CAENOMERYX HÜRZELER, 1936 CAENOMERYX PROCOMMUNIS ( FILHOL, 1877)

1877 Cainotherium procommune Filhol : 212, figs 269, 270.

1936 Caenomeryx procommunis (Filhol) , Hürzeler, 1936: 100.

Holotype: Fragment of mandible bearing P/2-M/3 (Filhol collections, MNHNP). Age and precise locality unknown (Old Quercy collections).

Diagnosis: Upper molars are wider than long. Protocone and protoconule present (stage B, Hürzeler, 1936; p. 8). Diastema between P1/ and C is short. Diastema very short or missing between P/1 and P/2. Premolars reduced, P3/ with a strong lingual cone, P2/ with a weaker lingual cone, P1/ very small. The premaxilla does not reach the frontal. The wide nasal bones broaden behind the posterior extremities of the premaxilla. The ethmoidal gap is irregular, the choanae are large and the mandible is high, stocky and massive ( Hürzeler, 1936).