The aberrant hamster Melissiodon (Cricetidae, Rodentia) from the early Miocene of Echzell and other German and French localities
Jovells Vaqué, Sílvia (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Mörs, Thomas (Swedish Museum of Natural History. Department of Palaeobiology)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Melissiodon is a rare cricetid with a long stratigraphic range, present from the Oligocene until the Miocene, only found in western and central Europe except some specimens recovered in Anatolia. What makes Melissiodon special is its unique dental and mandible morphology that has led to many questions regarding its relationship to other cricetid genera and its type of diet. In this work, we have studied new material attributed to Melissiodon from the German localities Echzell (MN4) and Petersbuch (MN3 and MN4), and from the French locality Beaulieu (MN3). Moreover, we compared these specimens with the already published material from other localities across western and central Europe during the early Miocene (MN3 and MN4). In conclusion, the studied specimens and the comparison with other material from different European localities allow us to ascribe this new material as Melissiodon dominans, a widely dispersed species across Europe during the early Miocene.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-117289GB-I00
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Rodents ; Early Miocene ; Diet ; Cricetidae ; MN3 ; MN4
Published in:	Historical biology, Vol. 35, Issue 6 (2023) , p. 821-831, ISSN 1029-2381

DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2067758

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