Muscardinus, Kaup, 1829

Hír, János & Kókay, József, 2010, A systematic study of the middle-late Miocene rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) of Felsőtárkány 3 / 8 and 3 / 10 (Northern Hungary) with stratigraphical relations, Geodiversitas 32 (2), pp. 307-329 : 314-315

Muscardinus sp.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — See Table 7 for data and measurements.

DESCRIPTION

The small p4 has a rounded occlusal surface and four transverse ridges. The first anterior ridge is strongly worn. Th e 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th ridges are labially connected. The m1 is trapezoidal in outline. Th e anterior margin is narrower than the posterior one. It has flat occlusal surface and six transverse ridges. Th e lingual and labial

A B C

G

H

M

I D E F

N

connections exist between the 1st-2nd and the 5th-6th ridges.

COMMENTS

Without M1 the determination is uncertain. In the Early Vallesian of eastern Central Europe, three Muscardinus species have been found in the following sites: Rudabánya (MN 9; M. hispanicus de Bruijn, 1966 ; M. cf. vallesiensis Hartenberger, 1966 ; Daxner-Höck 2005), Belchatow (MN 9; M. topachevskii Nesin & Kowalski, 1997 ; Nesin & Kowalski 1997), Borsky Sväty Jur (MN 9; M. hispanicus ; Sabol et al. 2004), Richardhof Golfplatz (MN 9; M. vallesiensis ; Daxner-Höck 2005) and Götzen- dorf (MN 9; M. cf. hispanicus ; M. cf. vallesiensis ; Daxner-Höck 2005).