Molaetherium heissigi n. gen., n. sp., an unusual mammal from the Early Oligocene of Germany (Mammalia: Palaeanodonta) |
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| Authors: | Gerhard Storch Michael Rummel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberg-Anlage 25, D-60325, Frankfurt am Main
2. R?merstr. 17, D-91781, Weissenburg, Germany
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| Abstract: | A new genus and species of epoicotheriid,Molaetherium heissigi, is described from the Early Oligocene of Grafenmühle 22, near Pappenheim, Bavaria. It is a tiny, highly fossorial form, closely related to the North American genusEpoicotherium. Asia is considered the center of origin of the suborder Palaeanodonta; from there it dispersed to North America and Europe. |
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