A new species of Criotherium (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Bulgaria

Denis Geraads (1) , Nikolaï Spassov (2)

1 DEHIPE - Dynamique de l'évolution humaine : individus, populations, espèces [Paris]
2 National Museum of Natural History

We describe here a new species of the bovid Criotherium, from the late Miocene of Bulgaria. The genus was previously known to definitely occur only in Samos (Greece) and Kemiklitepe (Western Turkey), with the single species C. argalioides. The new species, C. nikolovi, is more primitive than the latter, although both are probably contemporaneous, suggesting the occurrence of two lineages in the Eastern Mediterranean. Hypotheses concerning the inclusion of Criotherium in the tribe Ovibovini are discussed.

Mots clés: Mammalia; Bovidae; Ovibovini; late Miocene; Bulgaria; Balkan peninsula

Domaines: Etudes de l'environnement; Paléontologie

Denis Geraads, Nikolaï Spassov. A new species of Criotherium (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Bulgaria. Hellenic Journal of Geosciences, 2008, 43, pp.21-27. ⟨halshs-00433303⟩