taxonID	type	description	language	source
C50632B66B6C5D34AB99FF94282D6D01.taxon	etymology	Etymology. " The mysterious tooth from Moroto ". Moroto II is the fossil locality where this taxon was found; " - odon ", from odontos, genitive of odous, ancient Greek for tooth; gender is masculine; Morotodon aenigmaticus, from the Latin aenigma (mystery), refers to the unexpected finding of a metatherian near the Equator in the Neogene of Africa.	en	Crespo, Vicente D., Goin, Francisco J., Pickford, Martin (2022): The last African metatherian. Fossil Record 25 (1): 173-186, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.80706, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.80706
C50632B66B6C5D34AB99FF94282D6D01.taxon	description	Measurements. Total length, 1.63 mm (1 mm trigonid length, 0.63 talonid length); trigonid width, 0.93 mm; talonid width, 0.94 mm (from Pickford and Mein 2006).	en	Crespo, Vicente D., Goin, Francisco J., Pickford, Martin (2022): The last African metatherian. Fossil Record 25 (1): 173-186, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.80706, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.80706
C50632B66B6C5D34AB99FF94282D6D01.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis.? Herpetotherid metatherian with lower molars having a short anterior cingulid, a buccal shelf, and a trigonid and talonid with subequal length and width; the m 4 has a vertical, well-developed hypoconulid in a central position. The specific diagnosis extends to the genus by monotypy.	en	Crespo, Vicente D., Goin, Francisco J., Pickford, Martin (2022): The last African metatherian. Fossil Record 25 (1): 173-186, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.80706, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.80706
C50632B66B6C5D34AB99FF94282D6D01.taxon	description	Description. Specimen UM MOR II, 48 ' 04 is bi-rooted, both roots being subcircular in section; the anterior root is smaller than the posterior one. The anterior cingulid is short and relatively wide at its central portion. The trigonid is open. The main cusps of the trigonid are well-developed. The paraconid is mesio-lingually positioned. The protoconid is the largest cusp of the tooth, and is slightly anteriorly placed with respect to the metaconid. The paracristid and metacristid are notched. The talonid is bucco-lingually compressed in its anterior half; at its posterior face its width is almost the same as that of the trigonid. The entoconid is broken; apparently, it was bucco-lingually compressed; the pre-entocristid is straight and ends in at posterolingual edge of the metaconid. The hypoconulid is separated from the entoconid; it is well-developed and is centrally placed on the posterior edge of the tooth; it is a vertical cusp (i. e., it is not posteriorly oriented or dorso-ventrally compressed). The hypoconid is only moderately developed; it is also buccally salient, but does not exceed buccally the level of the protoconid. The oblique cristid joins the posterior wall of the trigonid at the labiolingual midpoint of the tooth, below the metacristid notch. There is a well-developed buccal shelf, or cingulid, at the base of the crown, running from the base of the hypoconid to the posterobuccal edge of the protoconid. The tooth shows soil corrosion.	en	Crespo, Vicente D., Goin, Francisco J., Pickford, Martin (2022): The last African metatherian. Fossil Record 25 (1): 173-186, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.80706, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.80706
