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On a Deinotherium (Proboscidea) finding in the Neogene of Crete

Author(s) -

Athanassios Athanassiou

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

carnets de géologie (notebooks on geology)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.263

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 1765-2553

pISSN - 1634-0744

DOI - 10.4267/2042/311

Subject(s) - neogene , proboscidea , geology , paleontology , land bridge , mainland , bridge (graph theory) , extant taxon , geography , archaeology , biology , evolutionary biology , anatomy , biological dispersal , population , demography , structural basin , sociology

This paper reports the discovery of an incomplete proboscidean mandible near the village of Maronia in eastern Crete. The fragment described here includes the first molar (m1) of a deinothere, that because of its large size is identified as Deinotherium giganteum. The specimen was found in shallow-water marine sediments. The presence of Deinotherium on the island, together with other Miocene vertebrate faunas, suggests that during that epoch Crete was connected to the mainland by a wide land bridge.

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