Nuevos Pedetidae (Rodentia: Mammalia) del Mio-Plioceno de Africa

M. Pickford; P. Mein

doi:10.3989/egeol.40714.202

Autores/as

M. Pickford Collège de France, and UMR 7207, CR2P du CNRS, Département Histoire de la Terre
P. Mein UMR 5125 «Paléoenvironnements et Paléobiosphère», Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.40714.202

Palabras clave:

Liebres saltadoras, Rodentia, Neógeno, África, Europa, sistematica, biogeografía

Resumen

Los Pedetidae o liebres saltadoras están representados por un solo género actual (Pedetes) y 5 extintos (Parapedetes, Megapedetes, Propedetes, Rusigapedetes y Oldrichpedetes, estos dos últimos son nuevos). El registro fósil de los pedétidos es escaso, pero restos fósiles han sido encontrados en Sudáfrica, África del Este, Magreb, Península Arábiga, Turquía y Grecia. La mayoría de las localidades sólo han suministrado unos pocos dientes aislados. En el presente trabajo describimos parte del abundante material fósil procedente de Namibia y Kenia, que arroja nueva luz al conocimiento de la familia.

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