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16
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
The preliminary analysis of a new continental vertebrate locality from the
basal part of the Bugti Member (Baluchistan) focuses on the Cricetidae. Fro
m dental remains, two new species are described here, and related to genera
Pseudocricetodon and Atavocricetodon, well known in the Early Oligocene fr
om Europe. Compared to the European and Chinese Late Eocene specimen, their
evolutionary stage suggests the Bugti locality to be Early Oligocene in ag
e. These species are the first but also the oldest Paleogene record of the
family on the Indian subcontinent and represent the originating ancestor gr
oup of the European cricetids. ((C) 1999 Academie des sciences/Editions sci
entifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.)