2021/08/27 by А. С. Тесаков, A. V. Bondarev · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
paper · doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.2036173
openalex publication_date 2021/08/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
A previously unknown evolutionary stage of true lemmings, Lemmini, is recorded in the lower upper Pliocene (early Villanyian, MN16a) of West Siberia. Tobienia fejfari, sp. nov. represents a more advanced evolutionary stage than the previously known European Tobienia kretzoii (late Ruscinian, MN15b), combining rhizodont molar teeth with extreme hypsodonty, crown cement, and occlusal morphology resembling the earliest lemming with rootless molars, Plioctomys, of later Late Pliocene age (MN16b). The new discovery contributes to our knowledge of early stages in the formation of the high latitude mammalian fauna of Eurasia.