The systematic position of Middle Pleistocene ground voles Microtus (Terricola) Fatio, 1867 (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) at Vergranne (Franche-Comté, France).

Patrick Brunet-Lecomte (1)

1 BGS - Biogéosciences [UMR 6282]

This odontometrical study of the first lower molar of the vole species Microtus vergrannensis from the Middle Pleistocene Vergranne karst filling (Franche-Comté, France) specifies the criteria that characterise M. vergrannensis with regard to the present-day species M. subterraneus and M. multiplex and the Cromerian species M. arvalidens. The findings suggest that M. vergrannensis may have derived from M. arvalidens during the Middle Pleistocene.

Mots clés: Microtus vergrannensis; Arvicolinae; Rodentia; odontometry; Middle Pleistocene; Franche-Comte; France

Domaines: Paléontologie; Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie

Patrick Brunet-Lecomte. The systematic position of Middle Pleistocene ground voles Microtus (Terricola) Fatio, 1867 (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) at Vergranne (Franche-Comté, France).. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 2016, 279 (2), pp.167-173. ⟨10.1127/njgpa/2016/0549⟩. ⟨hal-01287064⟩