Herpetotheriidae, Talpidae, and Erinaceidae from the Early Miocene fissures of Mokrá-Quarry (South Moravia, the Czech Republic)

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F24%3A00138769" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/24:00138769 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.biotaxa.org/AMNPSBHN/article/view/86607" target="_blank" >https://www.biotaxa.org/AMNPSBHN/article/view/86607</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/fi.2024.021" target="_blank" >10.37520/fi.2024.021</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Herpetotheriidae, Talpidae, and Erinaceidae from the Early Miocene fissures of Mokrá-Quarry (South Moravia, the Czech Republic)

Original language description

Fossils of Metatheria and Eulipotyphla from the karstic fissures MWQ2/2003, MCQ3/2005 and MWQ4/2018 of Mokrá-Quarry (South Moravia, the Czech Republic) are studied. These Early Miocene fissures have yielded remains of the herpetotheriid Amphiperatherium frequens, together with the erinaceids Amphechinus cf. baudeloti, Galerix exilis, and G. symeonidisi. The talpid Talpa sp. has also been identified. The rare remains of Amphiperatherium frequens represent the first description of this species from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic. The erinaceid Amphechinus cf. baudeloti could be a convenient structural ancestor of A. baudeloti, although the scarcity of remains hampered a clear taxonomic verdict. In addition, the relatively abundant remains of Galericinae in the studied fissures made it possible to identify a mixture of two Galerix species, G. exilis and G. symeonidisi. Their cooccurrence is evidenced at least in MWQ2/2003. The dentognathic and postcranial remains of Talpidae clearly point to Talpa sp. The relatively low diversity of insectivores recovered from Mokrá-Quarry fissures agree with previous studies concerning the paleoenvironmental reconstruction, depicting Mokrá-Quarry as a dry karst plateau close to water bodies and patches of woodland. The wide range of small mammal species found in Mokrá-Quarry fissures suggests a diverse regional environment, making Mokrá-Quarry a reference locality in the Early Miocene of Central Europe.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10506 - Paleontology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Fossil Imprin

ISSN

2533-4050

e-ISSN

2533-4069

Volume of the periodical

80

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

269-284

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85215797152