On a new diatomyid (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of south-east Serbia, the first record of the family in Europe
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2018-09
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Marković, Zoran
Wessels, W.
van de Weerd, Andrew A.
de Bruijn, Hans
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Abstract
A new diatomyid genus and species, Inopinatia balkanica, from the early Oligocene of south-east Serbia is described, and the affinities between the Diatomyidae and Ctenodactylidae are discussed. Inopinatia balkanica nov. gen. nov. sp. seems to have retained its deciduous teeth throughout life just as all other species of the family. The only other diatomyid described from outside south-east Asia which is Pierremus explorator López-Antoñanzas, 2010 is transferred to the thryonomyid species Paraphiomys knolli.
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Rodentia, Diatomyidae, Oligocene, Serbia, Biogeography, General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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Marković, Z, Wessels, W, van de Weerd, A A & de Bruijn, H 2018, 'On a new diatomyid (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of south-east Serbia, the first record of the family in Europe', Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 459-469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-017-0301-4