RT Journal Article
T1 A new framework of the evolution of the ctenodactylids (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Asia: new species and phylogenetic status of distylomyins
A1 Oliver Pérez, Adriana
A1 Carro Rodríguez, Patricia María
A1 López Guerrero, Paloma
A1 Daxner-Höck, Gudrun
AB Two new species of ctenodactylid rodents, Prodistylomys taatsinius sp. nov. and Prodistylomys mongoliensis sp. nov., are described from the Valley of Lakes, Central Mongolia. They represent the first record of this genus in Mongolia. Prodistylomys is characterized by a simple dental pattern and high hypsodonty, reflecting an adaptation for tough vegetation in a dry environment, which is congruent with the aridification event that took place during the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene. We performed the most complete phylogenetic analysis combining the largest sampling in the family Ctenodactylidae and the best-represented stratigraphical distribution for the sample. This allowed us to propose that the origin of ctenodactylids lies in East Asia during the Eocene, and after that, the group dispersed through western Asia, Europe, and Africa. The presence of several similar rodent taxa in Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China confirms that these areas were part of a large bioprovince covering most of central Asia during the Oligocene and Early Miocene.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 0024-4082
YR 2023
FD 2023-08-24
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104695
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104695
LA eng
NO Adriana Oliver, Patricia M Carro-Rodríguez, Paloma López-Guerrero, Gudrun Daxner-Höck, A new framework of the evolution of the ctenodactylids (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Asia: new species and phylogenetic status of distylomyins, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 199, Issue 3, November 2023, Pages 633–655
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
NO European Union
NO Austrian Science Fund
DS Docta Complutense
RD 24 abr 2025