The Late Miocene Plesiosoricidae and Soricidae (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Pannonian region, Slovakia
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Abstract
Soricidae is the most species-rich eulipotyphlan family since the Pliocene. Numerous Late Miocene soricids and plesiosoricids are well-known from southern Europe. Localities from central Europe, despite being rare, have historically yielded better-preserved material that reveals a great diversity. We here add to this existing record with the description of eight species from MN9-MN12-aged localities of Slovakia (Paenelimnoecus repenningi, Paenesorex bicuspis, Isterlestes aenigmaticus nov. gen. nov. sp., Crusafontina endemica, Crusafontina kormosi, Amblycoptus jessiae, Asoriculus gibberodon, Petenyia dubia), alongside one species of Plesiosoricidae (Plesiosorex evolutus). The early occurrence of A. gibberodon and A. jessiae, the occurrence of Paenesorex, and the identification of Isterlestes aenigmaticus nov. gen. nov. sp. reinforce the hypothesis that the Pannonian region (south-eastern central Europe) was a source area for several soricid taxa (Allosoricinae, Anourosoricini, Soricini) during the Late Miocene.
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Supplementary file
List of the Plesiosoricidae and Soricidae from the Late Miocene of Slovakia
The file consists of a list of dento-gnathic elements attributed to the Eulipotyphla family Plesiosoricidae and Soricidae.
Otherwise stated with the ID, each line represents a different dental element.
The ID is the identification number of the material, housed at the Department of Geology and Paleontology of Comenius University, Bratislava.
Additionally is provided the locality where each material has been extracted, its identification (i=incisor, c=canine, a=antemolar, p=premolar, m=molar, mand=mandible, max=maxillary; Upper elements are indicated with uppercase), its symmetry (l=left, r=right) and its generic and specific attribution.
The right part of the file gathers the measurements of the specimens in millimeters (mm), the protocol of which has been described in the main document. The abbreviations are AW=anterior width; BL=labial (buccal) length; H=height; L=length; LL=lingual length; LT=length of the talon; N=number of specimens; PE=length of the posterior emargination; PW=posterior width; TAW=talonid width; TRW=trigonid width; W=width. "n/a" indicates the lack of measurements because of the fragmented nature of the specimens.