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Bomburodon, a new name for the Paleocene mammal Bomburia Van Valen, 1978

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Thomas E. Williamson  and
Thomas D. Carr
Thomas E. Williamson
Affiliation:
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, USA,
Thomas D. Carr
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140, USA,
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Van Valen (1978) provided the name Bomburia for an early Paleocene mammal (mioclaenid) from New Mexico. Christian F. Kammerer has kindly informed us that the name Bomburia Van Valen, 1978 (December), is the name of an extant hymenopteran, Bomburia Hedqvist, 1978 (July). We propose the new name Bomburodon (type species Ellipsodon priscus Matthew, 1937) as a replacement name for Bomburia. Bomburodon is named for Bombur, a fat dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's “The Hobbit” (1937) and “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954–1955) and odon, tooth (Greek).

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Taxonomic Note
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 567
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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