Review of the Pliocene and Pleistocene Proboscidea ( Mammalia ) from Greece
Review of the Pliocene and Pleistocene Proboscidea ( Mammalia ) from Greece
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希腊上新世和更新世长鼻目（哺乳动物）回顾
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2003
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通讯作者：
A. Athanassiou
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作者：
C. Doukas;A. Athanassiou
在希腊的上新世和更新世沉积层中，常见的有喙类化石。它们要么作为整个动物群的一部分来研究，要么作为单独发现的一两颗臼齿或骨头来研究。在欧洲，特别是在希腊，象科在上新世晚期和更新世早期的唯一代表是Mammuthus meridionalis。在上新世晚期的一些地方，这头象与象兽Anancus arvernensis一起被发现。一些零星的更高级的猛犸属的形式被确定为M. trogontherii （= M. armeniacus）和M. primigenius。大多数晚更新世的发现属于古象，这是一种来自许多大陆地区的物种。在岛屿上也发现了相同的物种，在那里它是岛屿特有形式的主要祖先。
Fossil Proboscidea are common in the Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments of Greece. They have been studied either as parts of a whole fauna, or, as is usually the case, as isolated finds of one or two molars or bones. The only representative of Elephantidae of the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene in Europe in general and in Greece in particular is Mammuthus meridionalis. In some Late Pliocene localities, this elephant is found together with the gomphothere Anancus arvernensis. Some sporadic more advanced forms of the genus Mammuthus are identified as M. trogontherii (= M. armeniacus) and M. primigenius. Most of the Late Pleistocene findings belong to Elephas antiquus, a species known from numerous continental localities. The same species is also known from insular sites, where it is the main ancestor of the island endemic forms.