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PalaeoVertebrata Vol. 07, Fasc. 1-2
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The paramyid rodent Ailuravus from the middle and late Eocene of Europe, and its relationships
Albert E. Wood
Published online: 15/05/1976

Keywords: Ailuravinae; Rodentia

https://doi.org/10.18563/pv.7.1-2.117-149

References: 28
Cited by: 1

Cite this article: Albert E. Wood, 1976. The paramyid rodent Ailuravus from the middle and late Eocene of Europe, and its relationships. PalaeoVertebrata 7 (1-2): 117-149. doi: 10.18563/pv.7.1-2.117-149

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The complex taxonomic history of the paramyid rodent genus Ailuravus is reviewed. It has been described as Hyracotherium, as a creodont carnivore and as a lemuroid primate - errors at the ordínal level that are most unusual for a rodent. The genus is a member of the poorly known subfamily Ailuravinae, probably derived from some European Early Eocene species of Paramys. Aíluravus was a large arboreal paramyid with highly rugose cheek teeth, very well developed hypocone, and a remarkably weak lower incisor. It was tropical to subtropical. Three named species are recognized, A. macrurus from the Lutetian of Messel; the genotype, A. picteti, from Egerkingen, Buchsweiler and the Geiseltal, slightly later in the Lutetian; and A. stehlinschaubi, new name, from the Bartonian of Mormont-Eclépens and Robiac. One or more unnamed species are present in the Ypresian of Cuis. The species are close to a phyletic sequence. No later representatives of the genus are known. The late Eocene to earliest Oligocene North American paramyid Mytonomys, whose relationships have been obscure, is tentatively referred to the Ailuravinae. 



Published in Vol. 07, Fasc. 1-2 (1976)

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