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Elefant (Proboscidea, Mammalia) remains in Pleistocene of Obón (Iberian Chain, Teruel)

Authors :
Barco, J. L.
Cuenca Bescós, G.
Gutiérrez Santolalla, F.
Rubio, C.
Rubio Dobón, J. C.
Source :
Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva, instname
Publication Year :
2001
Publisher :
Sociedad Geológica de España, 2001.

Abstract

An elephant tusk has been found in a fluvial terrace of a small creek affluent of the Martin river. The tooth is slightly curved, almost round in section and becomes increasingly smaller towards the tip. The specimens measurements and morphology lead us to propose it as a task of the "wood elephant" of the Pleistocene of Europe: Paleoloxodon antiquus, probably of an adult male

Details

Language :
Spanish; Castilian
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva, instname
Accession number :
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