Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 41(1) 1998

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VOL 41(1) 1998

Keywords:

Insectivora, Soricidae, Macroneomys, Middle Pleistocene, Central Europe

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A record of Macroneomys brachygnathus Fejfar, 1966 (Mammalia, Insectivora, Soricidae) in the early Middle Pleistocene (late Biharian) locality of Voigtstedt (Germany) and the history of the genus Macroneomys

• Lutz MAUL
• Barbara RZEBIK-KOWALSKA

Abstract:

The Middle Pleistocene locality of Voigtstedt is the sixth with a record of Mac­roneomys. Two mandibles from there, although fragmentary, increase the understanding of the variability of this taxon. Morphological and metrical comparisons with the previous finds are followed by discussions on palaeoecology, stratigraphical range and the originof Macroneomys.