A new species of Pachynolophus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Zambrana (Alava, Basque-Cantabrian Region).: Phylogenetic analysis of Pachynolophus and first mention in the Late Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula
A new species of Pachynolophus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Zambrana (Alava, Basque-Cantabrian Region).: Phylogenetic analysis of Pachynolophus and first mention in the Late Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula
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10.1016/j.geobios.2003.07.005
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2005-01-01
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1.6
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Cuesta, MA
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Badiola, A;Pereda-Suberbiola, X;Cuesta, MA
Recent fieldwork in the Late Eocene of Zambrana (Alava, Basque-Cantabrian Region) has yielded a new species of Pachynolophils: P. zambranensis nov. sp. According to the phylogenetic analysis made in this study, the Zambrana species is part of the monophyletic Pachynolophus, which is defined at least by three synapomorphies: significant progressive increase of the size in the M1/1-M3/3 series, being M3/3 outstandingly bigger than M2/2; moderate increase of the relative surface of M3/ with respect to M2/ surface, and weak labial cingula in the lower series. Pachynolophus includes the species P duvali, P. livinierensis, P garimondi, P. lavocati. P zambranensis, P boixedatensis and P. cesserasicus. P. molipotensis and P. cayluxi are not represented by sufficient material to attribute them to Pachynolophus. P. bretovensis does not share a synapomorphy of Pachynolophus and P. hookeri should not be referred to this genus. P. zambranensis shares several synapomorphies with P. garimondi and P. lavocati, which are: the posprotocrista,of the P3-4/ series is a well-defined lophe; the P4/ has a subquadrangular outline and shows a strong posterolingual cingulum, forming a posterior widening; and there is an "incipient mesostyle" (pseudomesostyle?) in the upper molars. The species P. zambranensis is mainly characterized by lophodont dentition, with the postprotocrista obliquely oriented to the ectoloph in the P3-4/ series, and a "pseudomesostyle" also present in the P3-4/ series. It represents the first mention of the genus Pachynolophus described in the Late Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula. (C) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.