Occurrence of pharyngeal teeth of the carp, Cyprinus Linnaeus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in the Middle and Upper Miocene of Andalusia (southern Spain): A puzzling disconnected palaeobiogeographical distribution

Gaudant, J., Garcia-Alix Daroca, A. and Freudenthal, M. (2015) Occurrence of pharyngeal teeth of the carp, Cyprinus Linnaeus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in the Middle and Upper Miocene of Andalusia (southern Spain): A puzzling disconnected palaeobiogeographical distribution. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 14(1), pp. 25-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2014.10.001)

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Abstract

Three pharyngeal teeth of carp, Cyprinus Linnaeus, were found when washing and screening sediment in the Middle and Upper Miocene of Andalusia (Spain). Their examination has shown that they look very similar to those of the recent carp, Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, so that it would not be impossible that they belong to this species. Their presence in southern Spain at that time is surprising because Cyprinus remains are unknown before the Pleistocene in the countries westward of Ukraine, as no articulated skeleton or bony fragment of this genus has ever been identified in the many Mio-Pliocene localities investigated throughout central and western Europe.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Garcia-Alix Daroca, Dr Antonio
Authors: Gaudant, J., Garcia-Alix Daroca, A., and Freudenthal, M.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
Journal Name:Comptes Rendus Palevol
Publisher:Elsevier Masson SAS
ISSN:1631-0683
ISSN (Online):1777-571X

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