Primer registro de "Leptobos etruscus" (Falconer, 1868) (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) en la Península Ibérica: aportaciones a la taxonomía de los bovinos villafranquienses

• Autores: G. Garrido, Alfonso Arribas Herrera
• Localización: Geotemas (Madrid), ISSN 1576-5172, Nº. 5, 2003 (Ejemplar dedicado a: V Congreso del Grupo Español del Terciario (Granada, 23-25 de septiembre, 2003)), págs. 85-87
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Up to date, the only known bovini from the Upper Pliocene of Spain was Leptobos elatus, a species represented in the sites ofVillarroya (La Rioja) and Huelago-carretera (Granada). The discovery of Fonelas P-1, a new Upper Villafranchian site located in the Guadix Baza Basin (Granada, Spain) add a new bovid to the fossil record of the Iberian Peninsula: Leptobos etruscus. The anatomical analysis of this fossils shows a combination of dental characters that allows to set up the hypothesis that Leptobos furtivus Duvernois Ft Guerin, 1989 represents a young synonim of Leptobos etruscus. Further investigations will be lead up to evaluate the intraspecific variability between the tribe Bovini.