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Open AccessNew proboscidean specimens from the Late Miocene of Romania: the huge-sized deinothere Deinotherium proavum, the rare “Mammut” cf. obliquelophus and the first description of the shovel-tusker Konobelodon from the country
In this article, we describe so far unpublished proboscidean specimens from several Late Miocene localities of Romania. A partial mandible and the complete upper/lower cheek tooth rows of a deinothere individu...
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Open AccessLife-history of Palaeoloxodon antiquus reveals Middle Pleistocene glacial refugium in the Megalopolis basin, Greece
The Balkans are considered a major glacial refugium where flora and fauna survived glacial periods and repopulated the rest of Europe during interglacials. While it is also thought to have harboured Pleistocen...
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Open AccessDeinotherium levius and Tetralophodon longirostris (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany), and their biostratigraphic significance for the terrestrial faunas of the European Miocene
During the Miocene, proboscideans reached their greatest diversification, and due to their marked evolutionary changes in dental size and morphology, they comprise an important biostratigraphic/biochronologica...
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The new fossil site Krimni-3 in Mygdonia Basin and the first evidence of a giant ostrich in the Early Pleistocene of Greece
A new Lower Pleistocene vertebrate site, Krimni-3 (KMN) from Mygdonia Basin, Greece is originally presented herein, providing a preliminary analysis of its taphonomic context and faunal content. The KMN fossil...
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The Fossil Record of the Neogene Proboscidea (Mammalia) in Greece
Proboscideans (Mammalia: Proboscidea) originated during the Eocene (perhaps already during the Paleocene) in Africa. Their fossil record narrates an amazing evolutionary history, ranging from the Paleogene to ...
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Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from a new upper Miocene locality: Kivi-1 (Iran)
In this article, we report on two proboscidean upper tusks from a new locality in Iran, Kivi-1 (KIV). The tusks are oval to circular in cross-section, lack an enamel band, are strongly curved and double-twiste...
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Late Miocene proboscideans from Samos Island (Greece) revisited: new specimens from old collections
In this article, we present new proboscidean remains from the late Miocene (Turolian) of Samos Island (Greece), which are stored in the old Samos collections of Darmstadt, Frankfurt a.M. (Germany), Lausanne (S...
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Late Miocene Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Macedonia and Samos Island, Greece: preliminary results
The abundant Late Miocene proboscidean remains of Greece have never been studied in detail and compared with those of Eurasia in order to determine their taxonomy and their biostratigraphical and palaeoecologi...
