Simocyon primigenius (Roth & Wagner, 1854)

Geraads, Denis & Spassov, Nikolaï, 2016, Musteloid carnivores from the upper Miocene of South- Western Bulgaria, and the phylogeny of the Mephitidae, Geodiversitas 38 (4), pp. 543-558 : 554

Simocyon primigenius (Roth & Wagner, 1854)

REMARKS

This species has recently been discussed by Spassov & Geraads (2011) who confirmed the identification by Bakalov & Nikolov (1962) of two incomplete mandibles from Kalimantsi. An isolated, unnumbered M1 from Hadjidimovo ( Fig. 5B ), badly worn and damaged, could be of the same species. It is broader mesially than distally. The central basin is open mesially, and a distinct crest descends lingually from the paracone, but the metacone and protocone are worn out. Its buccal length (16.5 mm) is close to the upper end of the range of S. primigenius , to which we tentatively refer it, pending revision of the early Turolian forms of Central Europe.

Figures

FIG. 5. — A, Promeles palaeattica (Weithofer, 1888), right upper tooth row of skull K-9502 from Kalimantsi; B, Simocyon sp., unnumbered right M1 from Hadjidimovo. Scale bar: 4 cm.