Dipodidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Paleogene of south-east Serbia
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2020-09
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Wessels, W.
van de Weerd, Andrew A.
de Bruijn, Hans
Marković, Zoran
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Abstract
Isolated cheek teeth of the Asian dipodid Heosminthus primiveris from four early Oligocene localities in the Koritnica-Babušnica basin, south-east Serbia, are described. The record of the Paleogene Dipodidae of Central Asia and Europe is briefly discussed. The current view of the migration pattern of the Paleogene Dipodidae between central Asia and Europe is revised: the migration of Plesiosminthus into Europe during the late Oligocene was preceded by the immigration of Heosminthus into the Serbo-Macedonian high (S. E. Europe) during the early Oligocene.
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Dipodidae, Early Oligocene, Eocene, Rodentia, South-east Serbia, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Geology, Palaeontology, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
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Wessels, W, van de Weerd, A A, de Bruijn, H & Marković, Z 2020, 'Dipodidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Paleogene of south-east Serbia', Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, vol. 100, pp. 841-848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-019-00392-5