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Rongeurs du Miocène supérieur de Chorora, Ethiopie: Murinae, Dendromurinae et conclusions.
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Published online: 30/07/2001

Keywords: Ethiopia; Late Miocene; Muridae; Rodentia

https://doi.org/10.18563/pv.30.1-2.89-109

References: 45

Cite this article: Denis Geraads, 2001. Rongeurs du Miocène supérieur de Chorora, Ethiopie: Murinae, Dendromurinae et conclusions. PalaeoVertebrata 30 (1-2): 89-109. doi: 10.18563/pv.30.1-2.89-109

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The subfamilies Murinae and "Dendromurinae" both include 4 species at Chorora. Among the former, while Preacomys nov. gen. seems to be a forerunner of Acomys, the affinities of the remaining, poorly known taxa, are more difficult to evaluate. The bulk of the fauna, remarkably, consists of Dendromurines. Their similarities with those of Ngorora tends to pull the site back in time, but the large size and diversity of Murines fit better an age more recent than the very beginning of the Late Miocene.

  



Published in Vol. 30, Fasc. 1-2 (2001)

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