THE OLDEST PROBOSCIDEAN SKULL IN EUROPE, GOMPHOTHERIUM-HANNIBALI NOV-SP FROM THE LOWER MIOCENE OF LANGUEDOC (SOUTHERN FRANCE)

Authors
WELCOMME JL
Citation
Jl. Welcomme, THE OLDEST PROBOSCIDEAN SKULL IN EUROPE, GOMPHOTHERIUM-HANNIBALI NOV-SP FROM THE LOWER MIOCENE OF LANGUEDOC (SOUTHERN FRANCE), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 319(1), 1994, pp. 135-140
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
319
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
135 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1994)319:1<135:TOPSIE>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A new species of Elephantidae, Gomphotherium hannibali is described. T he specimen is a skull which has recently been found in Lower Miocene sediments of the Herault Valley (Southern France). Geological studies and new fossiliferous sites shed light on the stratigraphical situatio n of this fossil in its regional context. This fossil is considered to be the oldest proboscidean skull found until now in Europe. This new fossil supports the hypothesis of the existence of several different l ineages of gomphotheres after their first appearance in Eurasia (MN3-M N4).