Un Nou discoglòssid "(Amphibia: Anura)" de l'Holocè de Menorca

Autors/ores

  • F. Borja Sanchiz
  • Josep Antoni Alcover i Tomàs

Resum

Some fossil remains of a new discolglossid species, Baleaphryne talaioticus, from the Holocene site Rafal Rubi (Minorca), are described in this article. This species is quite similar to the only other known in the genus (B. Muletensis, from Majorca). The B. Talaioticus humeri are somewhat shorter and more robust than those of B. Muletensis, representing this incipient digging adaptation either a parallel trend with respect to the Alytes one, or else an evolutionary reversal in Baleaphryne towards less specialized morphologies. Other Minorcan remains from the 11 Century b.C. are referred to B. Talaioticus, suggesting that the species might still be alive.

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Publicat

2005-05-12