Neopetes, Daxner-Hock, 2004

Hír, János & Kókay, József, 2010, A systematic study of the middle-late Miocene rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) of Felsőtárkány 3 / 8 and 3 / 10 (Northern Hungary) with stratigraphical relations, Geodiversitas 32 (2), pp. 307-329 : 313

Neopetes sp.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — See Table 5 for data and measurements.

DESCRIPTION

The occlusal surface is triangular. Th e root stumps are preserved. Th e anteroloph is protuberant. The protoloph and the metaloph are parallel. Th ere is a mesoloph-like structure in the lingual end of the central valley, but it is not connected to the protocone. The

Locality No. inv. MMP Position L W Fig. FT 3/10 2007.197 M2 3.55 2.95 5A, B Locality No. inv. MMP Position L W Fig. FT 3/10 2007.173 D4 1.47 1.62 6A

valley between the metaloph and the posteroloph is very narrow.In the D4 of Spermophilinus bredai (von Meyer, 1848) , this valley is wider ( Hír 2003).

COMMENTS

In a previous paper of the first author, the Neopetes remains from FT 3/2 have been described as Hylopetes Th omas, 1908 ( Hír 2003). However, it would be better to follow Daxner-Höck (2004a) in attributing them to the genus Neopetes . Th e isolated molar from FT 3/10 is inadequate for species determination.