RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The record of Deinotheriidae from the Miocene of the Swiss Jura Mountains (Jura Canton, Switzerland)
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2020.08.10.244061
DO 10.1101/2020.08.10.244061
A1 Fanny Gagliardi
A1 Olivier Maridet
A1 Damien Becker
YR 2021
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/04/23/2020.08.10.244061.abstract
AB The Miocene sands of the Swiss Jura Mountains, long exploited in quarries for the construction industry, have yielded abundant fossil remains of large mammals. Among Deinotheriidae (Proboscidea), two species, Prodeinotherium bavaricum and Deinotherium giganteum, had previously been identified in the Delémont valley, but never described. A third species, Deinotherium levius, from the locality of Charmoille in Ajoie, is reported herein for the first time in Switzerland. These occurrences are dated from the middle to the late Miocene, correlating to the European Mammal biozones MN5 to MN9. The study is completed by a discussion on the palaeobiogeography of deinotheres at the European scale.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.APDanteroposterior diameterDdeciduous upper premolardexrightHheightilower incisorsLlengthm/Mlower and upper molarsMJSNJurassica Museum (formerly Musée jurassien des Sciences naturelles)MNMammal NeogeneNMBNaturhistorisches Museum BaselNMBENaturhistorisches Museum Bernp/Plower and upper premolarssinleftTDtransverse diameterWwidth.