Estadíos evolutivos tempranos de los topillos mimomyinos pitymyoides (Pitymimomys, Arvicolinae, Cricetidae) del Villanyense Temprano de Europa Oriental

Abstract

Rhizodont voles belonging to the Mimomys pitymyoides group are common elements of the European small mammalian faunas from Middle Pliocene to earliest Pleistocene. These voles with characteristic dental morphology are assigned to the genus Pitymimomys TESAKOV, 1998. The Early Villanyian evolution of the group is studied on the basis of the sequence: P. inceptor sp.nov., P. altenburgensis (RABEDER, 1981), and P. baschkiricus (SUCHOV, 1970).