The enamel characteristics of fossil and modern first lower molars of the European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, Arvicolinae, Rodentia) of the Perm Pre-Urals

This article presents data on the enamel characteristics (thickness, enamel differentiation coefficient (SDQ)) of the first lower molars of the European water vole (based on the conditional groups juvenile and adult) from fossil and modern samples from the Perm Pre-Urals (Russia). Among the adult group teeth, samples from the Eemian (Mikulino) interglacial deposits had the highest mean SDQ values (91.5-94.8), while samples from the end of the Bryansk Interstadial, the Late Glacial, the Early Holocene deposits had the lowest (76.3-84.9).

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This article presents data on the enamel characteristics of the first lower molars of the European water vole from fossil and modern samples from the Perm Pre-Urals, Russia. The study found that adult group teeth from different time periods had varying SDQ values.