Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 37(1) 1994

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VOL 37(1) 1994

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Fossil mammals, Artiodactyla, Tragulidae, Middle Miocene, Poland

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Tragulidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Przeworno (Lower Silesia, Poland)

• Teresa CZYŻEWSKA
• Krzysztof STEFANIAK

Abstract:

Remains of Dorcatherium crissum (LARTET, 1851) (Tragulidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene (Zone MN 7) of Przeworno in Lower Silesia, Poland, are described. The teeth found show a fold in the shape of the letter Ʃ on the lower low-crowned molars, characteristic of Dorcatherium. The authors propose to acknowledge the species Dorcatherium guntanium V. MEYER, 1847, Dorcatherium vindobonese V. MEYER, 1846 and Dorcatherium peneckei HOFMANN, 1892 as subspecies of Dorcatherium crissum (LARTET, 1851).