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Révision des Rhombodontidae (Neoselachii Batomorphii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc
A pangolin from the French Quercy phosphorites
La palichnofaune de vertébrés tétrapodes du permien supérieur du Bassin de Lodève .
Macroscelidea, Insectivora and Chiroptera from the Miocene of east Africa
About the genus Propachynolophus Lemoine 1891
Eocene (53) , Quercy phosphorites (37) , systematics (31) , Rodents (29) , Mammalia (25)
PalaeovertebrataVol. 14, Fasc. 1:1-31. 1984
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Cryptomerix Schlosser, 1886, Tragulidé de l'oligocène d'Europe ; relations du genre et considérations sur l'origine des ruminants.Jean SudreKeywords: Archaic Ruminants; Paleobiogeography; Quercy phosphorites; systematics; TragulidsCite this article: Sudre J., 1984. Cryptomerix Schlosser, 1886, Tragulidé de l'oligocène d'Europe ; relations du genre et considérations sur l'origine des ruminants. Palaeovertebrata 14 (1): 1-31. AbstractThe genus Cryptomeryx SCHLOSSER, 1886, inusited during a long period, has been discovered in Lower and Middle Oligocene localities of the Quercy region (South-West France). This new material, as well as specimens from the old collections referred to Cryptomeryx, are described; their study, allows us precising the definition of the genus, and confirming its allocation to the Tragulidae family. The type species of the genus, Crypmmeryx gaudryi (= Lophiomeryx gaudryi FILHOL, 1877), occurs in several localities at the base of the Middle Oligocene (Itardies, La Plante 2, Roqueprune 2, Soulce, Herrlingen 1). The new species C. matsoui n. sp. has been defined in the older locality of Mas de Got (top of Lower Oligocene). It is possible that the species Pseudamphimeryx decedens STEHLIN, 1910 pertains to the same genus. Also to the Tragulids must be referred the monospecific genus Iberomeryx (I. parvus GABOUNIA, 1964) from Upper Oligocene of Benara (Georgie, URSS), with which Cryptomeryx is related. These genera are not direct ancestors of Miocene tragulids; their occurrence in the Western European Oligocene results from a first immigration wawe of the family. These Tragulids are one of the most archaic groups of Ruminants. They are probably derived from a primitive stock which had acquired in Asia the selenodont condition of the dentition. Published in Vol. 14, Fasc. 1 (1984) |
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