Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 40(2) 1997

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VOL 40(2) 1997

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Fossil mammals, Gliridae, Miocene, Ukraine

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Late Miocene Gliridae (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Grytsiv (Ukraine)

• Valentin A. NESIN
• Kazimierz KOWALSKI

Abstract:

Remains of Gliridae from the locality Grytsiv in the Ukraine are described. Glis valesiensis AGUSTI, 1981, Muscardinus topachevskii sp. nov., Myoglis ucrainicus sp. nov., Paraglirulus cf. werenfelsi ENGESSER, 1972 and Miodyromys grycivensis sp. nov. were identified in the material studied. Their age can be determined as Late Miocene, equivalent to Middle Sarmatian (Early Vallesian, MN 9). This paper is a first description of a Miocene fauna of dormice from Eastern Europe.