A porcupine skeleton of Hystrix (Hystrix) primigenia (Wagner) from the Upper Maeotian (Turolian) of Hadzhidimovo, SW Bulgaria-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A porcupine skeleton of Hystrix (Hystrix) primigenia (Wagner) from the Upper Maeotian (Turolian) of Hadzhidimovo, SW Bulgaria

Published:2012-12 Issue:1-3 Volume:41 Page:3-20
ISSN:2535-1060
Container-title:Geologica Balcanica
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Author:

Kovachev Dimitar¹

Affiliation:

1. Asenovgrad Palaeontological Branch, National Natural History Museum, Asenovgrad

Abstract

Relatively well preserved fossil skeleton of Hystrix primigenia (Wagner) is described. The locality near the town of Hadzhidimovo, Blagoevgrad district from which it was collected dated back as Late Maeotion, that is Turolian faunistic unit, MN12 zone. Comparisons are made with the bones of the modern species Hystrix cristata Linnaeus. It is concluded that it was a very large and adult animal whose characteristics strongly correspond to Hystrix primigenia. Some differences have been found which do not contradict to taxonomical assignment.

Publisher

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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