Ochotona sp.

Tesakov, Alexey S., Titov, Vadim V., Simakova, Alexandra N., Frolov, Pavel D., Syromyatnikova, Elena V., Kurshakov, Sergey V., Volkova, Natalia V., Trikhunkov, Yaroslav I., Sotnikova, Marina V., Kruskop, Sergey V., Zelenkov, Nikita V., Tesakova, Ekaterina M. & Palatov, Dmitry M., 2017, Late Miocene (Early Turolian) Vertebrate Faunas And Associated Biotic Record Of The Northern Caucasus: Geology, Taxonomy, Palaeoenvironment, Biochronology, Fossil Imprint 73 (3 - 4), pp. 383-444 : 405

Ochotona sp.

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M a t e r i a l. 1 fragmental p3 (1.81 × ca. 1.7 mm), 12 lower and upper teeth.

D e s c r i p t i o n. The single slightly damaged p3 shows the generalized morphology of the genus. Noteworthy is the antero-internal indentation of the anterconid filled with cement.

C o m m e n t s. Ochotona species are common in late Vallesian and early Turolian faunas of Eastern Europe and Anatolia ( Sen 2003, 2016, Čermák 2016). The form from Gaverdovsky is distinct in a stronger separation of anteroconid by equally deep, obliquely inclined paraflexid and protoflexid.

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Text-fig. 1. Geographic location of the studied sections. 1. Gaverdovsky, 2. Volchaya Balka, 3. Tuapse highway bridge, 4. Maikop city park.