The last Anthracothere Brachyodus onoideus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from wester...

• Author(s): Antunes, M. T. ; Ginsburg, L.
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/4741
• Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
• Subject(s): Anthracotheriidae; Brachyodus onoideus; lower Miocene; Western Europe; Portugal
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

This paper deals with B. onoideus specimens from Portugal. This species occurs in the Lisbon area (in the upper part of the lower Miocene, ca.18 to 17.6 Ma) in a very accurate stratigraphic framing (age, lithostratigraphic, climatic and palaeoecologic control being most complete). Some mandibular dental size variation, sex characters, functional interpretation, ecology and predation, chemical corrosion, and extinction are discussed.