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A new Ruscinomys (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Tertiary (Pikermian) of Samos, Greece

Title

A new Ruscinomys (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Tertiary (Pikermian) of Samos, Greece

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2402

By

Freudenthal, M.

Brown, Barnum, 1873-1963
Brown India Expedition 1921-1925

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Book

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Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, [1970]

Notes

Title from caption.

"January 22, 1970."

Specimen collected by Barnum Brown in 1924, following his work from 1921 to 1923 in India and Burma.

"This species is referred to the genus Ruscinomys, but it might be referred to the genus Cricetodon, as well"--P. 3.

"A jaw of Ruscinomys (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Pikermian of Samos is described as Ruscinomys hellenicus, new species. It proves the complex origin of the genus Ruscinomys, which is not a phylogenetic unit, but which consists of a number of parallel evolutionary lineages. Each lineage should be distinguished as a separate genus or subgenus. However, none of these lineages is as yet sufficiently known at the present time to permit the erection of new genera or subgenera. The species described so far are grouped in an attempt to outline the composition of the genera or subgenera yet to be described"--P. 8-9.