All time high: Dimylidae (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) diversity in the early Miocene locality of Ahnikov 1 (Czech Republic, MN 3)

Abstract

The locality of Aknikov 1 (Czech Republic, MN 3) has yielded the largest diversity of Dimylidae known from a single locality. Four species are recognised in the few dozen recovered fossils: Dimylus aff. paradoxus, Plesiodimylus sp., Chainodus intercedens and Lacrimodon vandermeuleni nov. gen., nov. sp.

The high diversity supports the assumption of a humid palaeoenvironment for Aknikov 1.

Keywords

• Insectivores
• Palaeoenvironment
• Palaeodiversity
• Evolution
• Merkur-Nord