%0 Journal Article
%T On a Deinotherium (Proboscidea) finding in the Neogene of Crete
%A Athanassiou Athanassios
%J Carnets de G¨Ĥologie
%D 2004
%I Carnets de G¨Ĥologie
%X This paper reports the discovery of an incomplete proboscidean mandible near the village of Maroni¨˘ 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.
%K Greece
%K Crete
%K Late Miocene
%K Proboscidea
%K Deinotherium
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