A LATE EOCENE EOMYID RODENT FROM THE ZAYSAN BASIN OF KAZAKSTAN

Authors
EMRY RJ WANG BY TJUTKOVA LA LUCAS SG
Citation
Rj. Emry et al., A LATE EOCENE EOMYID RODENT FROM THE ZAYSAN BASIN OF KAZAKSTAN, Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 17(1), 1997, pp. 229-234
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Paleontology
Journal title
Journal of vertebrate paleontology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02724634
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
229 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-4634(1997)17:1<229:ALEERF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Symplokeomys zaysanicus is a new genus and species of eomyid rodent fr om the upper part of the Aksyir Formation of the Zaysan Basin, eastern Kazakhstan. The new taxon differs from other eomyids in having a comp lex pattern of interconnecting lophules within the central basin of it s cheek teeth. Other mammals from the Aksyir Formation indicate an Erg ilian (late Eocene) age.