ADDITIONAL PROBOSCIDEAN FOSSILS FROM MAVRODIN (TELEORMAN COUNTY, ROMANIA) (original) (raw)
2012, Oltenia. Studii şi comunicări. Ştiinţele Naturii
This paper describes proboscidean fossil remains (partial mandibles, isolated molars) recently discovered in the Pleistocene deposits from Mavrodin (Teleorman County). Based on dentition characters, the remains have been assigned to Mammuthus meridionalis and M. trogontherii, mammoth species previously reported from the same locality. The age of death of the animals has also been estimated, when the preservation state of the material allowed it. The microscopic study of the enamel is in agreement with the taxonomic assignment based on the morphological parameters, also allowing the assessment of more fragmentary material. The evolution stage of the specimens belonging to each species has been discussed preliminarily.
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