Eucricetodon huerzeleri Vianey-Liaud, 1972

Vianey-Liaud, Monique, Comte, Bernard, Marandat, Bernard, Peigné, Stéphane, Rage, Jean-Claude & Sudre, Jean, 2014, A new early Late Oligocene (MP 26) continental vertebrate fauna from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Alès Basin, Gard, Southern France), Geodiversitas 36 (4), pp. 565-622 : 597-598

Eucricetodon huerzeleri Vianey-Liaud, 1972 ( Fig. 11A )

HOLOTYPE. — UM 501 , maxillary fragment bearing M1-2, NHM, Basel.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Oensingen (Solothurn, Switzerland), MP 26.

DIAGNOSIS. — See Comte (1985: 12) for size and molars and for the enamel microstructure see Kalthoff (2006): primitive schmelzmuster, type 1.

MATERIAL AND MEASUREMENTS (in mm). — One maxillary fragment ( SPV 165) bearing M1: 2.53 × 1.68 and M2: 1.80 × 1.78; M1 ( SPV 166): 2.72 × 1.78, M2 ( SPV 167): 2.01 × 1.40, one M2 and one m2 fragments ( SPV 168-169).

DESCRIPTION

Due to their large size, high crown and massive cusps with large wear facets, these teeth are referred to E. huerzeleri .

Figures

FIG. 11. — Other cricetids from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Gard; Lower Chattian, MP 26): A, Eucricetodon huerzeleri Vianey-liaud, 1972, left M1-M2 (reversed), SPV165: A1, occlusal view, A2, lingual view; B, Cricetidae indet., fragment of left maxillary with M1, SPV20, occlusal view; C, bivariate (Length and Width) diagram of M1 of Pseudocricetodon incertus (Schlosser, 1884) from Saint-Privat-des- Vieux. The open circle represents the M1 SPV20. The plots for the M1 of P. incertus are surrounded by their calculated equiprobable ellipse. Scale bar: 1 mm.