Asoriculus gibberodon ( Petényi, 1864 )

Popov, Vasil V., 2004, Pliocene small mammals (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from Muselievo (North Bulgaria), Geodiversitas 26 (3), pp. 403-491 : 408

Asoriculus gibberodon ( Petényi, 1864) ( Fig. 2C, D )

Crocidura gibberodon Petényi, 1864: 73 , pl. I, fig. 7. — Kormos 1911: 167-196.

Asoriculus gibberodon – Kretzoi 1959: 238; 1962: 353, pl. II, fig. 1.

Soriculus gibberodon – Sulimski 1962: 477, fig. 2.

Episoriculus gibberodon – Repenning 1967a: 48. — Rzebik-Kowalska 1981: 245-247, fig. 6.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 I1 (Ms148); LI1 = 1.55; HI1 = 1.30.

DESCRIPTION

Although the available incisive is rather worn, it is clearly visible that it is fissident. The apex is slightly pigmented in pale red.

REMARKS

Both the size and shape of the tooth leave no doubt that it belongs to Asoriculus gibberodon , a species common in many European Pliocene and early Pleistocene faunas ( Popov 2003).

Family TALPIDAE Fischer von Waldheim, 1817

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, B, Blarinoides mariae Sulimski, 1959; A, left upper incisor, Ms145, buccal view; B, the same, lingual view; C, D, Asoriculus gibberodon (Pétenyi, 1864); C, right upper incisor, Ms148, buccal view; D, the same, lingual view; E, F, Deinsdorfia kordosi Reumer, 1984; E, right upper incisor, Ms145, buccal view; F, the same, lingual view. Scale bar: 1 mm.