Abstract
A large sample of microvertebrates from the Sarmatian s. str. of Gratkorn (Austria, Styria) has recently been recovered. The recovered rodent fauna is diverse and includes a few castorid remains that are described here. Such remains comprise isolated teeth, a palate and a fragmentary skull that are ascribed to the small-sized beaver Euroxenomys minutus minutus (Von Meyer, 1838). These finds are discussed with regard to the Austrian Miocene castorid record.
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The community of Gratkorn financialy supported excavation in 2008. We are indebted to the Wietersdorfer & Peggauer Zementwerke AG (especially Josef Plank). Norbert Winkler (Joanneum) meticulously prepared the specimens. The excavations of the Universalmuseum Joanneum were partly financed by the Land Steiermark/Wissenschaftsreferat. Thomas Mörs (Stockholm) and Grudrun Daxner-Höck (Seekirchen) are especially thanked for their critical view on the early draft of the manuscript. We are grateful to Sinje Weber (Frankfurt) for her great help during the editing of this issue. I.C.V. acknowledges the support given by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (project CGL2010-21672/BTE and JCI2010-08241 research contract to I.C.V.).
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Prieto, J., Casanovas-Vilar, I. & Gross, M. Euroxenomys minutus minutus (Rodentia, Castoridae) from Gratkorn (Austria, Styria). Palaeobio Palaeoenv 94, 163–170 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-013-0148-2
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