Hispanodorcas torrubiae Thomas, Morales, and Heintz, 1982

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Hispanodorcas torrubiae Thomas, Morales, and Heintz, 1982

Holotype: Isolated left horncore, IPPS−CC20502 ( Thomas et al. 1982: fig. 1).

Type locality: Concud−Cerro de la Garita, Teruel Basin, Spain.

Type horizon: Late middle Turolian ( MN 12; ca.6.9 Ma), Late Miocene.

Diagnosis.—As in Thomas et al. (1982).

Differential diagnosis.— H. torrubiae differs from other members of the genus in its longer horncores, with the latter being more evenly divergent from the bases upwards, lacking an anterior keel, and occasionally showing weak transverse ridges.

Remarks.—This species is known only from its horncore. In addition to the type locality, it has also been reported from the contemporaneous Spanish locality of Los Mansuetos, which yielded a single horncore ( Thomas et al. 1982). Some teeth and postcranials from Crevillente 15–16, Spain, described as cf. Hispanodorcas ( Montoya and Alberdi 1995) , may also belong to this taxon, though the lack of horncores prevents any direct comparisons.

Geographic and stratigraphic range.—Middle to late Turolian (Late Miocene) of Spain.

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