Pannonicola and Ischymomys – what makes the difference? About two genera close to the base of Arvicolinae (Cricetidae, Rodentia)
| Pages | 181–189 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/fi.2024.016 |
| Keywords | basal arvicolines, microtoid cricetids, taxonomy, Late Miocene |
| Type of Article | Peer-reviewed |
| Citation | REKOVETS, Leonid, MAUL, Lutz C., KOVALCHUK, Oleksandr, BARKASZI, Zoltán a NESIN, Valentin. Pannonicola and Ischymomys – what makes the difference? About two genera close to the base of Arvicolinae (Cricetidae, Rodentia). Fossil Imprint / Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B – Historia Naturalis. Prague: National Museum, 2024, 80(2), 181–189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2024.016. ISSN 2533-4050 (tisk), 2533-4069 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/fossil-imprint-acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-series-b-historia-naturalis/80-2/pannonicola-and-ischymomys-what-makes-the-difference-about-two-genera-close-to-the-base-of-arvicolinae-cricetidae-rodentia |
Pannonicola and Ischymomys are two extinct genera of the family Cricetidae, and both of them were placed at the base of the evolutionary trunk of the subfamily Arvicolinae. Over the last 100 years, the latter has provided the most important fossils for the biostratigraphy of terrestrial Neogene and Quaternary deposits of the Holarctic. The type material of Pannonicola comprises only one m2 and one m3. The first finds of Ischymomys were initially rare, not figured, and their nomenclatural status was faced with various problems. Some authors finally assumed that Ischymomys was a junior synonym of Pannonicola. In this paper, we use new finds from the territory of Ukraine and previously published data to show that Ischymomys is an independent genus, and that the finds described as Pannonicola should probably be placed in the genus Microtodon.
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