Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser, 1972

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 : 316-317

Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser, 1972

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — See Table 10 for data and measurements.

DESCRIPTION

The occlusal surface of the upper molars is concave and rectangular. Th e endoloph is continuous. The M1 has five main ridges, all connected to the endoloph. Th e four extra ridges have no connections. On the M2 the anterior centroloph reaches the endoloph. The five extra ridges have no connection. The m2 has five main ridges, which are connected to the endolophid. Th is endolophid is not continuous but interrupted between the centrolophid and mesolophid. Th e anterior and the posterior extra ridges are doubled.

COMMENTS

Paraglirulus werenfelsi remains from Felsőtárkány 3/2 were erroneously interpreted as Glirulus sp. and Paraglirulus aff. werenfelsi by the first author( Hír 2003).This error was based on the overestimation of the lingual connection of the anterior centroloph in the M1-2 and a misconsideration of the slightly larger size of the FT 3/2 form compare to P.werenfelsi . Paraglirulus werenfelsi is a frequent element of the European Miocene faunas.Its occurence in eastern Central Europe is reported from Obergänsernorf (MN 5; Daxner- Höck 1998), Belchatow A (MN 9; Kowalski 1997), Grytsev (MN 9; P. cf. werenfelsi in Nesin & Kowalski 1997), Richardhof-Golfplatz (MN 9; Daxner-Höck 2005), Rudabánya (MN 9; Daxner-Höck 2005), Richardhof-Wald (MN 10; Daxner-Höck 2005), Schernham (MN 10; Daxner-Höck 2004b) and Subpiatra (MN 7/8; Venczel et al. 2005).