Apterodon intermedius, sp. nov., a new European Creodont Mammal from MP22 of Espenhain (Germany) |
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| Authors: | Brigitte Lange-Badr Madelaine Bhme |
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| Institution: | aUniversité Pierre et Marie-Curie, paléontologie des vertébrés, case 106, 4, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France;bUMR 8569, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, laboratoire de paléontologie, 8, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris, France;cSection Palaeontology, Department on Earth and Environmental Science, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Richard Wagner Strasse 10, 80333 Munchen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | A mandible fragment of a medium-sized creodont mammal representing a new species of Apterodon, A. intermedius has been discovered in a open cast mine near Leipzig (Germany), dated Late Ruppelian (MP22). For the first time an Apterodon species is well dated in Europe. The dental wear of molars is investigated under SEM. It looks like those described extant carnivores known as preferential flesh eaters. The new specimen together other mammal species questions possible migration ways from Africa to Europe, between the upper Eocene and lower Oligocene. |
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| Keywords: | Mammalia Creodont Apterodon Germany Lower Oligocene Migration wayMots clé s: Mammifè res Cré odontes Apterodon Allemagne Oligocè ne Migration |
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