New early Miocene Zapodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Aral Formation of the Altynshokysu locality (North Aral region)
Lopatin, A.V.
Paleontological Journal 33(4): 429-438
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-0301
Accession: 019522627
Three new primitive species of the Dipodoidea are described from the Aral Formation of the Altynshokysu locality (Lower Miocene, Western Kazakhstan): Plesiosminthus tereskentensis sp. nov., Parasminthus debruijni sp. nov., and Bohlinosminthus cubitalus gen. et sp. nov. (Zapodidae). Their phylogenetic relationships and stratigraphic and paleozoogeographic significance are considered.