This paper reports a new species of dog (Canis accitanus nov. sp.) from the Fonelas P-1 site
(dated close to the Plio-Pleistocene boundary) in Granada, Spain. This new taxon shows
cranial features more similar to coyote-like dogs (C. lepophagus, C. priscolatrans, C.
arnensis or C. latrans) than to wolf-like dogs (C. etruscus, C. mosbachensis or C. lupus),
such as a long and narrow muzzle, a little-developed sagittal crest and frontal bones raised
only a little above the rostrum. However, it also shows a series of autapomorphic …