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Jánossy, D.: New species of Episoriculus from the Middle Pliocene of Osztramos (North Hungary)
pothetical supposition, the geologically oldest form — E. tornensis — is the considerably more evolved one (with the most reduced anterior dentition), and the stratigraphically youngest form E. gibberodon the most primitive. Presumably, we have to do with collateral evolutionary lines which became extinct at different times. References BATE, D. M. (1945): Pleistocene shrews from the larger western Mediterranean Islands. - Annales Mag. Nat. History, ser. 11, v. 11; 738-769. BRUIJN, DE H., DAWSON, MARY R. & MEIN, P. (1970): Upper Pliocene Rodentia, Lagomorpha and Insectivora (Mammalia) from the isle of Rhodos (Greece) III. — Proc. Koninkl. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch., Ser. B, Vol. 73. No. 5: 568-584. HENSEL, R. F. (1855) : Beiträge zur Kenntnis fossiler Säugetiere; Insectenfresser und Nagetiere der Diluvialformation. — Z. Deutsch. Geol. Ges., 7 : 458-501. JÁNOSSY, D. (1972): Middle Pliocene Microvertebrate Fauna from the Osztramos Loc. 1. (Northern Hungary). — Ann. Hist.-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung., 64, 27-49. JÁNOSSY, D. (1973): The Boundary of the Plio-Pleistocene based on the Microfauna in North Hungary (Osztramos, Locality 7) — Verteb. Hung., 14: in press. KORMOS, T. (1934): Neue Insectenfresser, Fledermäuse und Nager aus dem Oberpliocän der Villányéi- Gegend. - Földt. Közl., 64, 296-321. KOWALSKI, K. (1956): Insectivores, bats, and rodents from the early Pleistocene bone brecea of Podlesice near Kroczyce (Poland). — Acta palaeont. Polonica, 1: 331-394. KRETZOT, M. (1956): Die alfpleistozänen Wirbeltierfaunen des Villányer Gebirges. — Geol. Hung., Ser. Palaeont., 27 : 1-264. KRETZOI, M. (1959) : Insectivoren, Nagetiere und Lagomorphen der Jüngstpliozänen Fauna von Csarnóta im Villányer Gebirge (Südungarn). — Verteb. Hung., 1 (2): 237-246. KRETZOI, M. (1962) : Fauna und Faunenhorizont von Csarnóta. — Jatiresber. Ung. Geol. Anstalt f. 1959: 297-395. KRETZOI, M. (1965) : Drepanosorex — neu definiert. — Verteb. Hung., 7 (1-2): 117-129. PETÉNYI, S.J. (1864): Hátrahagyott munkái, II: 37-81. REPENNING, CH. A. (1967) : Subfamilies and Genera of the Soricidae — Geol. Surv. Profess. Paper, 565 : 1-74. Explanation <>î Plate I. Rough sketch of the upper and lower dentition as well as the condylar process of different Episoriculus species Fig. 1. E. tornensis sp. n.: right upper complete row, Loc. 13, Osztramos (Holotype). — Fig. 2. „Soriculus kubinyii KORMOS": the same, Loc. 3, Villány (redrawn on the original type specimen). — Fig. 3. E. gibberodon PETÉNYI: right upper tooth row with the detached incisor, the unicuspids, P l and M 1 , Loc. 7, Osztramos. — Fig. 4. The same: right upper unicuspids and P 4 same locality. — Fig. 5. E. borsodensis sp. n.: the two last left unicuspids and P 4 , Loc. 1, Osztramos (Holotype). — Fig. 6. Right antepenultimate unicuspid, alveolar hole of last unicuspid and P 4 , same locality. — Fig. 7. E. gibberodon: outer view of anterior part of left mandible with the incisor, the antemolars and the M 1 , Loc. 7, Osztramos. — Fig. 8. „Soriculus kubinyii", the same, Loc. 3, Villány (redrawn on the type specimen). — Fig. 9. E. borsodensis sp. n., the same, Loc. 1, Osztramos. — Fig. 10. E. tomesis sp. n., the same, Loc. 13. Osztramos. — Fig 11. Inner (labial) view of the same specimen. — Fig. 12. Posterior view of the condylar process of the same. — Fig. 13. E. borsodensis sp. n. the same, Loc. 1, Osztramos. — Fig. 14. E. gibberodon, the same, Loc. 7, Osztramos. Author's address: Dr. D. JÁNOSSY Paleontological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum 1088 Budapest, Múzeum körút 14-Hi. Hungary
