Eomyops oppligeri Engesser, 1990

Hír, János & Kókay, József, 2010, A systematic study of the middle-late Miocene rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) of Felsőtárkány 3 / 8 and 3 / 10 (Northern Hungary) with stratigraphical relations, Geodiversitas 32 (2), pp. 307-329 : 317

Eomyops oppligeri Engesser, 1990

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — See Table 11 for data and measurements.

DESCRIPTION

The P4 has a trapezoidal occlusal outline. The paracone is not involved into the anteroloph. The mesoloph is short. Th e metacone has no posterior connection with the posteroloph. Th e p4 has a trapezoidal occlusal surface. The anterior part is narrower than the posterior part. The anterolophulid is not developed, the protoconid and the metaconid are situated at the anterior margin. The mesolophid reaches the lingual margin (2007.222) or exhibits intermediate development (2007.221). The occlusal surface of m3 is nearly rectangular, but the posterior margin is rounded. The labial arm of the anterolophulid is less developed than the lingual one. Th e metalophid is connected to the anterolophulid. Th e mesolophid displays intermediate development. Th e hypolophid is lacking (2007.223) or weakly developed and connected to the posterolophid (2007.214).

COMMENTS

The material is limited and shows a mixture of morphological markers of E. oppligeri and E. catalaunicus (Hartenberger, 1966) , but the dimensions are definitely smaller than that of E. catalaunicus and clearly refer to E. oppligeri . The late Astaracian-Early Vallesian occurences of the two Eomyops species in eastern Central Europe are at Rudabánya (MN 9; Daxner-Höck 2005) and Götzendorf (MN 9; Rögl et al. 1993) for Eomyops catalaunicus , and at Belchatow A (MN 9; Garapich 2002), Felsőtárkány 1 (MN 7/8; Hír 2001) and Felsőtárkány 3/2 (MN 7/8; Hír 2003) for Eomyops oppligeri .

Family CRICETIDAE Rochebrune, 1883