Teruelictis riparius, Salesa & Antón & Siliceo & Pesquero & Morales & Alcalá, 2013

Salesa, Manuel J., Antón, Mauricio, Siliceo, Gema, Pesquero, María Dolores, Morales, Jorge & Alcalá, Luis, 2013, A non-aquatic otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain): systematics and functional anatomy, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (2), pp. 448-482 : 453

TERUELICTIS RIPARIUS SP. NOV.

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Figures

Figure 4. Skull and mandible of Teruelictis riparius from La Roma 2. A, RO-4937, skull in ventral view. B–D, RO-4744, right hemimandible with first lower incisor to second lower molar in (B) lingual, (C) buccal, and (D) occlusal views.

Figure 5. Vertebrae of Teruelictis riparius from La Roma 2. A, B, RO-4712, lumbar vertebra in (A) lateral and (B) dorsal views. C, D, RO-4573, proximal caudal vertebra in (C) ventral and (D) lateral views. E, F, RO-4734, middle caudal vertebra in (E) dorsal and (F) ventral views.

Figure 7. Carpals of Teruelictis riparius from La Roma 2. A, B, RO-4837, right pisiform in (A) lateral and (B) medial views. C, D, RO-4777, left pyramidal in (C) medial and (D) lateral views. E, F, RO-4730, right magnum in (E) medial and (F) lateral views. G, H, RO-4776, left unciform in (G) dorsal and (H) distal views. I, J, RO-4612, right trapezium in (I) lateral and (J) medial views.

Figure 8. Metacarpals (Mcs) of Teruelictis riparius from La Roma 2. A–C, RO-4741, left Mc II in (A) dorsal, (B) medial, and (C) lateral views. D–F, RO-4742, left Mc III in (D) dorsal, (E) medial, and (F) lateral views. G–I, RO-4773, left Mc IV in (G) dorsal, (H) medial, and (I) lateral views. J–L, RO-4774, left Mc V in (J) dorsal, (K) medial, and (L) lateral views.

Figure 9. Bones of the caudal extremity of Teruelictis riparius from La Roma 2. A, B, RO-4739, baculum in (A) left and (B) right views. C, D, RO-4707, fragment of left coxal in (C) medial and (D) lateral views. E–G, RO-4689, right femur in (E) cranial, (F) lateral, and (G) caudal views. H–J, RO-4943 and RO-4721, almost complete left tibia in (H) cranial, (I) caudal, and (J) craniolateral views.

Figure 10. Tarsals of Teruelictis riparius from La Roma 2. A, B, RO-4764, right calcaneus in (A) lateral and (B) dorsal views. C, D, RO-4613, right talus in (C) dorsal and (D) plantar views. E, F, RO-4599, left entocuneiform in (E) lateral and (F) medial views. G, H, RO-4600, left mesocuneiform in (G) lateral and (H) medial views. I, J, RO-4510, right ectocuneiform in (I) medial and (J) lateral views. K, L, RO-4761, right navicular in (K) proximal and (L) distal views. M–O, RO-4815, left cuboid in (M) dorsal, (N) lateral, and (O) medial views.

Figure 11. Metatarsals (Mts) of Teruelictis riparius from La Roma 2. A, B, RO-4534, right Mt I in (A) lateral and (B) medial views. C–E, RO-4574, left Mt II in (C) dorsal, (D) lateral, and (E) medial views. F, G, RO-4584, left Mt V in (F) plantar and (G) dorsal views. H–J, RO-4585, left Mt III in (H) dorsal, (I) medial, and (J) lateral views. K–M, RO-4577, left Mt IV in (K) dorsal, (L) medial, and (M) lateral views.

Figure 12. Selected phalanges of Teruelictis riparius from La Roma 2. A, B, RO-4564, proximal phalanx in (A) dorsal and (B) palmar/plantar views. C, D, RO-4601, middle phalanx in (C) dorsal and (D) palmar/plantar views. E, F, RO-4697, middle phalanx in (E) dorsal and (F) palmar/plantar views. G, H, RO-4615, proximal phalanx in (G) dorsal and (H) palmar/plantar views. I, J, RO-4518, distal phalanx in lateral views. K, L, RO-4520, proximal phalanx of the right pollex in (K) dorsal and (L) palmar views. M, N, RO-4767, distal phalanx in lateral views.