Sciurus sp.

Popov, Vasil V., 2004, Pliocene small mammals (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from Muselievo (North Bulgaria), Geodiversitas 26 (3), pp. 403-491 : 446-448

Sciurus sp. ( Fig. 24B )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 M1-2 (Ms142). MEASUREMENTS. — M1-2 (L × W) = 2.35 × 2.77.

DESCRIPTION

The tooth is rectangular in occlusal outline with rounded lingual wall. The main cups and ridges are low; the mesostyle is well developed. The tooth has three roots.

REMARKS

This tooth is clearly larger than the upper molars of Sciurus maltei Dahlmann, 2001 from Wölfersheim ( Germany) and nearly identical with the comparative material of the recent Sciurus vulgaris . It is also similar with the respective remains of Sciurus warthae Sulimski, 1964 from Weze 1. The scarce material available does not permit closer comparisons.

Subfamily MARMOTINAE Pocock, 1923

Figures

FIG. 24. — A, Pliopetaurista dehneli (Sulimski, 1964), left p4, Ms141, occlusal view; B, Sciurus sp., left M1-2, Ms142, occlusal view; C,?Spermophilus sp., right p4, Ms143, occlusal view; D-G, Allocricetus bursae Schaub, 1930; D, right m1, Ms309, occlusal view; E, right m1, Ms310, occlusal view; F, left M1, Ms313, occlusal view; G, left M1, Ms311, occlusal view; H, Tamias orlovi (Sulimski, 1964), left M3, Ms144, occlusal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.