Sobre los grandes bóvidos pleistocenos (Bovidae, Mammalia) en el NO de la Península Ibérica

Abstract

[Abstract] Large bovids (Bos primigenius and Bison priscus) bone remains from NW Iberian Peninsula sites are studied in this paper. Anatomic features in both species are highly similar, which makes difficult these bone fossils to identify. Our main interest in being able to distinguish them is based in one fact: both species are indicators of different palaeoenvironmental conditions and they are bound to be represented in Galician sites. Thus, bison keeps a continuous presence in Cantabrian sities, being the aurochs dominant in Portugal. By analysing many morphological features and carring metric comparisons out, we have confirmed the Bison priscus presence in Galicia, whilst the Bos primigenius one is still in doubt.