Blarinoides mariae Sulimski, 1959

Popov, Vasil V., 2004, Pliocene small mammals (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from Muselievo (North Bulgaria), Geodiversitas 26 (3), pp. 403-491 : 408

Blarinoides mariae Sulimski, 1959 ( Fig. 2A, B )

Blarinoides mariae Sulimski, 1959: 144 . — Reumer 1984: 83-86, pl. 26.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 I1 (Ms147); LI1 = 2.87.

DESCRIPTION

The tooth is non-fissident. The apex is pigmented in dark red. The buccal cingulum is visible in the lower two third of the crown. It is rather broad in its upper part. Buccally, the posterior and dorsal margins form a slightly obtuse angle.

REMARKS

The general shape and size of the incisive from Muselievo correspond to the material from Csarnóta-2 ( Reumer 1984) and Wölfersheim (cf.) ( Dahlmann 2001).

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, B, Blarinoides mariae Sulimski, 1959; A, left upper incisor, Ms145, buccal view; B, the same, lingual view; C, D, Asoriculus gibberodon (Pétenyi, 1864); C, right upper incisor, Ms148, buccal view; D, the same, lingual view; E, F, Deinsdorfia kordosi Reumer, 1984; E, right upper incisor, Ms145, buccal view; F, the same, lingual view. Scale bar: 1 mm.