Nuevos datos sobre"Decennatherium pachecoi" (CRUSAFONT,1952) (Giraffidae,Mammalia): descripción del cráneo de Matillas

  • J. Morales
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Decennatherium was stablisbed by CRUSAFONT (1952), xvho placed it in thc Giraffinae subfamily, on the basis of dental and postcranial elements. CRUSAFONT (1961) in the PIVETEAU Trailé de Faleonto/ogie figured a Decennatf-zeriurn skull of Matillas locality, but it was not described. In this paper the Matillas skull has been studied. Tbe presence of two heavy, conical, forward-projecting ossicones aboye 1w orbits is characteristie of Decennatl-zeriunz skull and eoniirm the close relationship with the Sivatheíiinae subfamily. * Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C.S.I.C., José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006-Madrid. COLEPA, nthnero4 Editorial Universidad Cornplutensc. Madrid, 1985 Jorge Morales 52
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2000-01-01
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Morales, J. (2000). Nuevos datos sobre"Decennatherium pachecoi" (CRUSAFONT,1952) (Giraffidae,Mammalia): descripción del cráneo de Matillas. Coloquios de Paleontología, 51, 51. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/COPA/article/view/COPA0000110051A
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