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Mimomys hajnackensis from the Pliocene of the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

D.F. Mayhew ,
F.E. Dieleman ,
J. Boele ,
L. Verhaard  and
L.W. van den Hoek Ostende
D.F. Mayhew*
Affiliation:
Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, Westzeedijk 345, 3015 AA Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, the Netherlands.
F.E. Dieleman
Affiliation:
Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, the Netherlands.
J. Boele
Affiliation:
Joh. Poststraat, 141, 3333 BJ Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands.
L. Verhaard
Affiliation:
Geologisch Museum De IJsselvallei, Eikelhofweg 12, 8121 RC Olst, the Netherlands.
L.W. van den Hoek Ostende
Affiliation:
Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, the Netherlands.
*
*Corresponding author. Email:dfm1@stcatharinescollege.org

Abstract

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We describe the occurrence in the Netherlands of three teeth of Mimomys hajnackensis (Arvicolidae, Rodentia) from three separate boreholes extending into matine deposits of the Maassluis Formation. These marine Pliocene/Early Pleistocene deposits at depth are overlain by, and interdigitate eastwards with, the freshwater deposits of the Waalre and Peize Formations (formerly known in part as the Tegelen Formation). Teeth identified as M. hajnackensis have not previously been described from the Netherlands although similar material has been reported from Pliocene deposits in Germany at Frechen and Hambach close to the Dutch border. The material described here comes from boreholes at the Polder de Biesbosch near Dordrecht, Diepenveen and Deventer. To our knowledge, these finds represent the oldest described rodent fossils from the Netherlands, corresponding to an absolute age of 2.9 to 3.3 Ma on the basis of comparison with other European localities, implying that the remains are reworked from older deposits.

Keywords

ArvicolidaeMimomys hajnackensisNetherlandsPlioceneMaassluis Formation
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , August 2008 , pp. 181 - 188
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2008

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