The beaver Anchitheriomys from the Miocene of Central Europe
- Museum Tierkunde, Dresden (Germany)
New finds of teeth and mandibles of Anchitheriomys from the Hambach opencast lignite mine in Northwest Germany and the first detailed descriptions of other mandibles from South Germany and Switzerland allow a review of the Central European specimens of this rare beaver genus. The metric variation of cheek teeth and especially the great differences in dimensions of incisors can be much better assessed. The observed range in size can be attributed to ontogenetic changes, and all material is assigned to Anchitheriomys suevicus. Stratigraphically, this species is restricted to the early middle Miocene, European Mammalian Neogene biozones MN 5-6.
- OSTI ID:
- 21107541
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 82, Issue 5; ISSN 0022-3360
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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