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Apocricetus barrierei (Rodentia, Mammalia) from La Bullana 2B and La Bullana 3 (Cabriel Basin, Valencia, Spain). Revision of the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene forms of the genus Apocricetus

Abstract:

Apocricetus Freudenthal et al. (Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 7: 11-93, 1998) is a medium to large Cricetinae, practically without mesolophids in the m1 and m2, with long third molars; anterior and posterior protolophule are present and the posterior metalophule is reduced or absent. Apocricetusbarrierei (Mein and Michaux Comptes Rendus Academie de Sciences de Paris D 270: 2780-2783, 1970) was defined on the basis of three specimens from the French locality Chabrier. Apart from this site, several French and Spanish localities of Early Pliocene age contain remains of this species. Despite this extra material, the species is poorly characterized, and none of the localities contains material of all six dental elements. In this paper, two new assemblages from La Bullana 2B and La Bullana 3 (Cabriel Basin, Spain) are described. The rich assemblage from La Bullana 2B provides a better insight in the metrical and morphological variability of this species. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.