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Mammal herbivores with twin foramina atop the frontals

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 0:22

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I noticed that several related extinct mammal taxa
had twin foramina = holes for veins/arteries atop the frontals. All but Cainotherium seem to be in the Anoplotherium clade (Fig 1) leading into the Litopterna = a South American deer-like clade terminating with the largest member, Macrauchenia.

Today
one more of these twin foramina taxa, the IVPP V 12385 specimen from China originally assigned to Hapalodectes, has been rescored to nest with them, close to Dacrytherium (Fig 1) and Diadiaphorus.

Getting late here. Just wanted to announce the correction to the LRT.
Seems to be a good match.

Figure 1. Several taxa from the Anoplotherium/Litopterna clade and their newest clade member, the IVPP V12385 specimen originally attributed to tiny Hapalodectes (upper right) nesting between Anoplotherium and the Litopterna in the LRT. Phylogenetic miniaturization is apparent here. This needs to be tested, of course.

Source: https://pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com/2026/10/14/mammal-herbivores-with-twin-foramina-atop-the-frontals/

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