Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combinations: Elephas antiquus creutzburgi, Elephas creutzburgi, Loxodonta creutzburgi
Synonym: Elephas chaniensis Symeonidis et al. 2000
Full reference: S. E. Kuss. 1965. Eine Pleistozäne Säugetierfauna der Insel Kreta. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg im Breisgau 55:271-348
Belongs to Palaeoloxodon according to A. Athanassiou et al. 2019
See also Athanassiou et al. 2018, Kuss 1965, Palombo 2001 and Poulakakis et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas beyeri, Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas planifrons, Elephas priscus, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon recki, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai
Type specimens:
- Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi: Geological-Paleontological InstituteBurg / Br., No. 22/1963, a tooth (Inferior Molar). Its type locality is Kalo Chorafi, which is in a Pleistocene cave claystone in Greece.
- Elephas chaniensis: AMPG BAM 1, a limb element (right metacarpal 1). Its type locality is Vamos Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Greece.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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