New Pedetidae (Rodentia: Mammalia) from the Mio-Pliocene of Africa

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作者
Pickford, M. [1 ,2 ]
Mein, P. [3 ]
机构
[1] Coll France, F-75005 Paris, France
[2] CNRS, UMR 7207, CR2P, Dept Hist Terre, F-75005 Paris, France
[3] Univ Lyon 1, UMR Paleoenvironm & Paleobiosphere 5125, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
来源
ESTUDIOS GEOLOGICOS-MADRID | 2011年 / 67卷 / 02期
关键词
Spring hares; Rodentia; Neogene; Africa; Europe; systematics; biogeography; EAST-AFRICA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; KENYA;
D O I
10.3989/egeol.40714.202
中图分类号
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要
Pedetidae, or springhares, are represented by a single extant genus (Pedetes) and five extinct ones (Parapedetes, Megapedetes, Propedetes, Rusingapedetes and Oldrichpedetes of which the latter two are new). The fossil record of pedetids tends to be scanty, but remains have been found in Southern Africa, East Africa, the Maghreb, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey and Greece. Most of the localities have yielded only a few isolated teeth. We here describe some of the abundant fossil material from Namibia and Kenya, which throws a great deal of light on the family.
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