Revision of medium-sized Cricetidae from the Miocene of the Daroca-Villafeliche area in the Calatayud-Teruel Basin (Zaragoza, Spain)
- Meulen, Albert Jan van der
- Peláez-Campomanes de Labra, Pablo
- Daams, Remmert
ISSN: 1132-1660
Any de publicació: 2003
Número: 1
Pàgines: 385-441
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Coloquios de Paleontología
Resum
Revision of Democricetodon (excluding D. sulcatus and D. cf gaillardi), Fahlbuschia, Pseudofahlbuschia and Renzimys from the Aragonian type area (Spain) results in the synonymization of the four genera, Democricetodon prevailing according to the rules of priority. Democricetodon decipiens is synonymized with D. corcolesi, D. darocensis with D. larteti, and Renzimys bilobatus with D. crusafonti. One new species of Democricetodon (D. moralesi n.sp.) is defined.Two partly contemporaneous evolutionary lineages are recognized: the Democricetodon hispanicus - D. lacombai lineage (D. hispanicus-D. moralesi n.sp.-D. jordensi-D. lacombai) and the Democricetodon... (Ver más) franconicus - D. crusafonti lineage (D. franconicus-D. koenigswaldi-D. larteti- D. crusafonti).