New data on Plio-Pleistocene dipodine jerboas of the genus Plioscirtopoda from Eastern Europe (Mammalia: Dipodidae)

A.S. Tesakov

Abstract. Remains of dipodine jerboas, Plioscirtopoda, are described from the late Pliocene deposits of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov region. Dental morphology of the type species, P. stepanovi, is refined. A more primitive species, P. novorossica sp. n., is described from the Late Kujalnik deposits of Kryzhanovka 3. The new species differs from P. stepanovi in the simpler shape of anterior part of m1, larger dimensions and higher numbers of molar roots.

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2000, 9(1): 237–244 ▪ Published in print 16 April 2001

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