First record of Latonia gigantea (Anura, Alytidae) from the Iberian Peninsula
Villa, Andrea (Università degli Studi di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)
Delfino, Massimo (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Hernández Luján, Àngel (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Almécija, Sergio (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Alba, David M.. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)

Date:	2019
Abstract:	The single extant species of the anuran genus Latonia lives in Israel, but in the fossil record the genus is known mainly from Europe, spanning from the Oligocene to the early Pleistocene. Here we describe new remains of Latonia from the early to late Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula), coming from the following localities: Sant Mamet (MN4), Sant Quirze and Trinxera del Ferrocarril (MN7+8), and Castell de Barberà, Can Poncic 1 and Can Llobateres 1 (MN9). Fossils from the late Aragonian and early Vallesian are attributed to Latonia gigantea mainly because of the morphology of the ornamentation that covers the maxillae. In turn, an ilium from Sant Mamet is not diagnostic at the specific level and is assigned only to the genus Latonia. The newly reported remains represent the first record of L. gigantea in the Iberian Peninsula, where Latonia was previously known by a single report of Latonia cf. ragei from Navarrete del Río (MN2) and remains from other localities unassigned to species. Moreover, the Vallès-Penedès remains represent one of the southernmost records of the species known thus far. The presence of Latonia in these localities confirms the humid and warm environment suggested by the recorded mammal fauna.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CGL2016-76431-P Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014/SGR-416
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Palaeoherpetofauna ; Fossil anurans ; Discoglossinae ; Miocene ; Vallès-Penedès Basin
Published in:	Historical biology, Vol. 31, issue 3 (2019) , p. 371-382, ISSN 1029-2381

DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2017.1371712

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