Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry, 1861

Geraads, Denis, Spassov, Nikolaï, Hristova, Latinka, Markov, Georgi N. & Tzankov, Tzanko, 2011, Upper Miocene mammals from Strumyani, South-Western Bulgaria, Geodiversitas 33 (3), pp. 451-484 : 471

Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry, 1861

FM-2778 is a nice complete left lower tooth row ( Fig. 3H ) that can unambiguously be assigned to Palaeotragus rouenii because of its small size and strong molarization of the premolars: p3 is almost identical to p4, with a long metaconid closing the central valley, and the hypoconid is isolated from the rest of the tooth. Its dimensions (premolar length = 47.6; molar length = 75.3) are similar to those of other P. rouenii specimens from Pikermi or Dytiko in Greece, or Hadjidimovo and Kalimantsi in Bulgaria ( Geraads et al. 2005b: table 3), but the species might already be present in the Vallesian of Ravin de la Pluie.

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FIG. 3. — Fossil mammals from the Miocene of Strumyani (SW Bulgaria): A-C,?Tetralophodon atticus (Wagner,1857); A, DP2 FM-2027, occlusal view;B, dp2 FM-2799, lingual view,C, DP3 FM-2798,occlusal view; D, Dihoplus pikermiensis (Toula, 1906), dorsal view of symphysis FM-2470;E, Microstonyx major (Gervais,1848),maxilla FM-2801;F, G, Dorcatherium cf.puyhauberti Arambourg & Piveteau,1929, mandible FM-2741 in occlusal (F)and lateral (G) views;H, Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry,1861,mandible FM-2778;I, Miotragocerus (Pikermicerus) gaudryi (Kretzoi,1941), mandible FM-2103; J, Cervidae gen.et sp. indet., mandible FM-2100. Scale bar: A-C,F-J, 7.5 cm; D, 30 cm; E, 10 cm.