Alilepus sp.

Tesakov, Alexey S., Titov, Vadim V., Simakova, Alexandra N., Frolov, Pavel D., Syromyatnikova, Elena V., Kurshakov, Sergey V., Volkova, Natalia V., Trikhunkov, Yaroslav I., Sotnikova, Marina V., Kruskop, Sergey V., Zelenkov, Nikita V., Tesakova, Ekaterina M. & Palatov, Dmitry M., 2017, Late Miocene (Early Turolian) Vertebrate Faunas And Associated Biotic Record Of The Northern Caucasus: Geology, Taxonomy, Palaeoenvironment, Biochronology, Fossil Imprint 73 (3 - 4), pp. 383-444 : 405

Alilepus sp.

Text-fig. 11c, d

M a t e r i a l. 1 P 2, 1 p 3 (occlusal 3.2 × 3.1 mm, alveolar

3.3 × 3 mm).

D e s c r i p t i o n. Small size leporid. Lower premolar shows a subtriangular trigonid with wavy anter-internal magin and a well developed antero-external reentrant.

C o m m e n t s. Recent review of European Alilepus by Čermák et al. (2015) characterized early species of the genus A. lascarevi from the mid Turolian fauna of Taraklia ( Moldova) and Egorovka 2 ( Ukraine). Still older, scanty remains of leporids tentatively referred to Alilepus from faunas of Keinar (= Cainari) in Moldova and Palievo in Ukraine can be correlated with the late Vallesian/early Turolian. The burial of Keinar is associated with Khersonian deposits ( Lungu 1980), Palievo may also be correlated with the Khersonian ( Sinitsa 2012). Thus, Alilepus from the fauna of Gaverdovsky, which has a similar age, is among the oldest records of Alilepus in Europe.

Figures

Text-fig. 1. Geographic location of the studied sections. 1. Gaverdovsky, 2. Volchaya Balka, 3. Tuapse highway bridge, 4. Maikop city park.

Text-fig. 3. Correlation model of the studied sections of Late Miocene deposits. a. Tuapse highway bridge. b. Gaverdovsky. c. Volchaya Balka. 1. reversed polarity; 2. normal polarity; 3. unstudied interval.