Comphotherium

<i>Tetracus</i>

Tetracus

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Not to be confused with Tetrakis.

Tetracus is an extinct genus of gymnures. Species are from the Oligocene of Belgium and France. Fossils can also be found in the Bouldnor Formation in the Hampshire Basin of southern England.

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Species:

  • †Tetracus nanus (Aymard, 1846)
    • synonym Erinaceus nanus Aymard, 1846
    • synonym Camphotherium elegans Filhol, 1883,[1] Filhol, 1884[2]
    • synonym Comphotherium elegans Filhol, 1884, Filhol 1885
    • synonym Gomphotherium elegans Filhol, 1884 in Schlosser, 1887, p. 140 and 465 and in Lavocat, 1951, p. 14
    • synonym Neurogymnurus minor Filhol, 1884
    • synonym Necrogymnurus minor in Lavocat, 1951, p. 13
    • synonym Tetracus bouti Lavocat, 1951, dans Lavocat, 1951.

References

  1. [1]
    Description d'un nouveau genre de Rongeurs provenant des Phosphorites du Quercy. H Filhol, Bulletin de la Socíeté philomathique du Paris, series, 1883
  2. [2]
    Observations relatives au Mémoire de M. Cope, intitulé: Relations des Horizons renfermant des débris d'Animaux vertébrés fossiles en Europe et en Amérique. H Filhol, 1884


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