Paracricetodontinae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Eocene and early Oligocene of south-east Serbia

Andrew A van de Weerd; Hans de Bruijn; Zoran Marković; Wilma Wessels

doi:10.1007/s12549-017-0317-9

Paracricetodontinae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Eocene and early Oligocene of south-east Serbia

Paleobiodivers Paleoenviron. 2018;98(3):489-508. doi: 10.1007/s12549-017-0317-9. Epub 2018 Feb 24.

Authors

Andrew A van de Weerd¹, Hans de Bruijn¹, Zoran Marković², Wilma Wessels¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8A, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Natural History Museum in Belgrade, Njegoševa 51, Belgrade, 11000 Serbia.

Abstract

Three Paracricetodon species from the late Eocene locality Buštranje and the Early Oligocene localities Valniš, Strelac-1, -2, -3 and Raljin (south-east Serbia) are described; Paracricetodon dehmi Hrubesch, 1957 and two new species: Paracricetodon stojanovici and P. gracilis. A review of Paracricetodon species suggests that the species P. spectabilis, P. cadurcensis, P. dehmi, P. walgeri and P. wentgesi are primarily distinct in size. Paracricetodon kavakderensis and P. kodjayarmensis from Turkish Trace are considered junior synonyms of P. dehmi. The diversity and abundance of the Paracricetodontinae in the rodent assemblages from Serbia is not known from elsewhere and suggest that they underwent a radiation on the Serbian-Macedonian land area.

Keywords: Early Oligocene; Late Eocene; Paracricetodontinae; Rodentia; South-east Serbia.