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

  • J. Morales

Abstract

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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