Abstract
Two species of Witenia and a new pappocricetodontine genus and species from the late Eocene and early Oligocene of south-east Serbia are described. The Pappocricetodontinae a subfamily originally based on the small Pappocricetodon rencunensis from China has become a polyphyletic entity due to inclusion of the genus Witenia. The dental morphology of the late Eocene Witenia europea nov. sp. is very similar to that of the middle Eocene Pappocricetodon antiquus, but its molar enamel is more primitive. The small Bustrania dissimile nov. gen. nov. sp., the dominant species in the late Eocene locality of Buštranje, is defined and allocated to the Pappocricetodontinae.
Highlights
The isolated teeth of Pappocricetodontinae that will be described below were collected from the Eocene locality Buštranje in the Pčinja basin and the early Oligocene sites of Strelac-1, Strelac-3 and Valniš in the Koritnica-Babušnica basin
The location and geological setting of these localities and. This is the fifth paper in the series BThe Paleogene rodent faunas from south-east Serbia^
A for cricetids very peculiar structural element in the M2 of Bustrania dissimile is the occasional presence of a small cusp in the valley between the labial arm of the anteroloph and the protolophule or between the metalophule and the posteroloph (Fig. 8k)
Summary
The isolated teeth of Pappocricetodontinae that will be described below were collected from the Eocene locality Buštranje in the Pčinja basin and the early Oligocene sites of Strelac-1, Strelac-3 and Valniš in the Koritnica-Babušnica basin. The location and geological setting of these localities and. This is the fifth paper in the series BThe Paleogene rodent faunas from south-east Serbia^. This article is registered in Zoobank under: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D66CA1BA-F835-4B6D-9C1C-F2E67527577B.
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