[MM] Boraelestes mussetti
Docodontans
DESCRIBER Sigogneau-Russell, 2003
TIME Jurassic Middle
Bathonian
CLASS Mammalia
ORDER Docodonta
FAMILY Docodontidae
FOSSILSITE Clay Band, Kirtlington mammal bed, Forrest Marble Formation, England, Britain.
FALL UNDER Boraelestes serendipitus
INFO
Boraelestes serendipitus (Waldman & Savage, 1972 ) > Boraelestes mussetti (Sigogneau-Russell, 2003)
Holotype: MNHN J.495, right lower molar.
Etymolog of the speciesname: mussetti, to acknowledge the major participation of Dr. Frances Mussett in the accumulation of the Kirtlington fauna.
Molariforms: BMNH J.1 (right posterior fragment), J.239 (right), J.319 (right), J.389 (right posterior fragment), J.401 (right posterior fragment), J.835 (right posterior fragment), J.836 (right), ?J.66 (left posterior fragment), ?J.224 (left anterior fragment), ?J.394 (left posterior fragment), ?J.809 (left anterior fragment)
Lower molars differ from those of B.serendipitus by being slightly larger; antero-basal crest very weak and horizontally oriented, or even absent.Mesio-lingual cusp slightly more devloped. Presence of antero-main crest; hence lingual face of main cusp with two parts, one being parallel to long axis of the tooth. Presence of anterior lingual cingulid. Posterior groove deeper. (Sigogneau_Russel, 2003)