Small mammals from the opencast lignite mine Gračanica (Bugojno, middle Miocene), Bosnia and Herzegovina
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2020
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Wessels, Wilma
de Bruijn, Hans
Marković, Zoran
Milivojević, Miloš
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Abstract
Small-mammal remains are found in three outcrops in the open pit lignite mine near Bugojno (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Despite the low amount of specimens, two Democricetodon species, which differ in size, are identified. The co-occurrence of two Democricetodon species is common in many late early and middle Miocene European small-mammal assemblages. The presence of both D. mutilus and D. gracilis allows a correlation to MN4–MN6.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mammalia, Middle Miocene, Rodentia, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Geology, Palaeontology
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Wessels, W, de Bruijn, H, Marković, Z & Milivojević, M 2020, 'Small mammals from the opencast lignite mine Gračanica (Bugojno, middle Miocene), Bosnia and Herzegovina', Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, vol. 100, 295-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-018-0366-8