A partial skeleton of Prodeinotherium bavaricum (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Unterzolling (Upper Freshwater Molasse, Germany)
Abstract
Here, a partial skeleton of Prodeinotherium bavaricum from Unterzolling (Southern Germany) is documented. The following elements are preserved and described for the first time: cervical vertebrae 1-2 and 5-7, the first thoracic vertebra, one lumbar vertebra, trapezium, metacarpals 1-5, tibia, calcaneus, endo- and mesocuneiform, cuboid, the fourth metatarsal, and some phalanges. Comparisons with the skeletons of P. bavaricum from Franzensbad (Czech Republic) and Deinotherium giganteum from Eserovo (Bulgaria) show osteological differences that are described and discussed.
- Publication:
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Géobios
- Pub Date:
- 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00042-6
- Bibcode:
- 2002Geobi..35..489H
- Keywords:
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- Deinotheres;
- Prodeinotherium bavaricum;
- Skeleton;
- Middle Miocene;
- Upper Freshwater Molasse