Lagomeryx cf. parvulus (Roger 1898)
11x6x4mm. Artiodactyl tooth belonging to a small early form of deer living during the Miocene Burdigalian age. Found at a site near my home in a sandy fine conglomerate where mostly small Carcharias and occasionaly drum fish teeth occur. This was quite a surprise to me when in popped out. I'm quite confident with the genus id, but I've qualified the species with a cf.
Literature: G.E.Rössner, Systematics and palaeoecology of Ruminantia (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (southern Germany, Northern Alpine Foreland Basin), Paläontol Z (2010) 84:123–162.
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- Taken with Canon Canon PowerShot SX230 HS
- Focal Length 5 mm
- Exposure Time 1/30
- f Aperture f/4.0
- ISO Speed 100
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