RT Journal Article
T1 A new dryopithecine mandibular fragment from the middle Miocene of Abocador de Can Mata and the taxonomic status of ‘Sivapithecus’ occidentalis from Can Vila (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula)
A1 Alba, David
A1 Fortuny, Josep
A1 Robles, Josep
A1 Bernardini, Federico
A1 Pérez De Los Ríos, Miriam
A1 Tuniz, Claudio
A1 Moyà-Solà, Salvador
A1 Zanolli, Clément
AB The Miocene vertebrate record from the Vallès-Penedes Basin differs from that of inner Iberian basins by the presence of fossil hominoids as a result of moister and more forested environments during the late Aragonian and Vallesian. However, until a couple of decades ago, the Aragonian hominoid remains from this basin were very scarce, including a molar crown fragment from Trinxera del Ferrocarril-Sant Quirze, an M2 from Can Mata s.l., a C1 of a female individual from Can Mata 1, and a left mandibular fragment with M2–M3 and a lower molar germ fragment from Can Vila. Villalta Comella and Crusafont Pairó first attributed the Can Vila specimen to Dryopithecus fontani Lartet, 1856. However, soon thereafter the same authors erected Sivapithecus occidentalis Villalta Comella and Crusafont Pairó, 1944 based on distinctive features such as “the buccolingual convergence of the cusps,” the “elongate and narrow lower molars,” and the presence of “secondary cusps on the lingual crest [ = postmetacristid]” This species has been considered a junior subjective synonym of Hispanopithecus laietanus Villalta Comella and Crusafont Pairó, 1944 (formerly also in Dryopithecus) by many authors, or most recently a nomen dubium, only with few exceptions.
PB Elsevier
SN 0047-2484
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99637
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99637
LA eng
NO Alba, David M., et al. «A New Dryopithecine Mandibular Fragment from the Middle Miocene of Abocador de Can Mata and the Taxonomic Status of ‘Sivapithecus’ Occidentalis from Can Vila (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula)». Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 145, agosto de 2020, p. 102790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102790.
NO Generalitat de Catalunya 
NO European Commission
NO French National Centre for Scientific Research
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025