Project 5142: M. J. Salesa, J. Gamarra, G. Siliceo, M. Antón, J. Morales. 2023. Unraveling the diversity of early felines: a new genus of Felinae (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Middle Miocene of Madrid (Spain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 43 (3):null.
Abstract
We describe a hemimandible of a medium-sized feline from the Middle Miocene (middle Aragonian, MN 5, local biozone Dc, around 15.5 Ma) site of Príncipe Pío-2, a recently discovered fossil locality placed in the urban limits of Madrid city (Spain), within an area previously known for its rich paleontological findings. The specimen is very well preserved, showing the complete hemimandible, as well as all the teeth except the incisors. Some characters, such as the missing talonid in m1, the high p3, the large mesial cuspid in p4, and the presence of a vestigial m2, prevent its adscription to other known feline taxa such as Styriofelis turnauensis or Miopanthera lorteti, previously recorded in the Middle Miocene faunas from Europe, but absent in the central basins of Spain. The hemimandible has robust mandibular corpus and ramus compared with these latter and to extant felines of similar size, and exhibits a relatively stronger ridged masseteric line, which points towards the existence of a proportionally larger and more powerful m. masseter that generated a strong bite when hunting. These characters suggest that the Príncipe Pío-2 feline could have preyed upon relatively larger prey than those of extant, similarly sized felines. We propose the new genus and species Magerifelis peignei for the studied specimen, a species that would also include the material from the French Middle Miocene localities of Bézian and Artenay.Read the article »
Article DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2023.2288924
Project DOI: 10.7934/P5142, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P5142
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Download Project SDD File | Total scored cells: 162 Total media associated with cells: 0 Total labels associated with cell media: 0 |
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22 March 2024 - Publication Date:
22 March 2024 - Matrix downloads: 8
Authors' Institutions
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (CSIC)
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MorphoBank Curator Project Administrator | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 162 (162, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M29727' (12 Taxa)
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[1] Genetta genetta Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[2] Lynx pardina Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[3] Felis silvestris Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[4] Felis lybica Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[5] † Proailurus lemanens Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[6] † Pristifelis attica Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[7] † Lynx valle Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[8] † Profelis aurata Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[9] Felis margarita Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[10] † Miopanthera lorteti Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[11] † Styriofelis turnaue Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[12] † Magerifelis peignei Taxon name last Modified on 03/22/24 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Project downloads
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Total downloads from project | 8 | |
Matrix downloads | 8 | Matrix (8 downloads); |