Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler et Fahlbusch, 1986

Hír, J., 2013, Early and Middle Miocene (MN 5 - MN 6) transitional rodent fauna from Litke (North Hungary, Nógrád County), Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 30, pp. 101-137 : 107-108

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17142609
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scientific name	Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler et Fahlbusch, 1986
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Description – Senile, worned specimen with broken hypoconid. The anterolophid does not reach the protoconid. The metalophid reaches the anterolophid in the middle part. Entoconid and mesolophid are incipient. Smooth enamel.

Comments – Other species of the Palaeosciurus genus: P.gothi Vianey-Liaud, 1974 (Oligocene); P. feignouxi Pomel, 1853 ( MN 2); P.fissurae Dehm, 1950 ( MN 3); P. ultimus Mein et Ginsburg, 2002 ( MN 7/8). P. gothi , P. feignouxi and P.fissurae are out of consideration because the age differences. P. ultimus has definitely larger dimensions than the m2 from Litke 2.

Paleosciurus finds from Austria, Hungary and Romania: P. sutteri, Oberdorf, MN 4, DE BRUIJN (1998); P. sutteri, Teiritzberg and Obergänserndorf, MN 5, DAXNER-HÖCK (1998); P. ultimus, Hasznos, MN 6, HÍR & PÁSZTI (2012); Paleosciurus sp., Subpiatra 2/2, MN 6, ( HÍR unpublished).