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Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi
Taxonomy
Loxodonta creutzburgi was named by Kuss (1965). Its type specimen is Geological-Paleontological InstituteBurg / Br., No. 22/1963, a tooth (Inferior Molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kalo Chorafi, which is in a Pleistocene cave claystone in Greece.
It was recombined as Elephas creutzburgi by Palombo (2001); it was recombined as Elephas antiquus creutzburgi by Poulakakis et al. (2002); it was recombined as Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi by Athanassiou et al. (2018), Athanassiou et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Elephas creutzburgi by Palombo (2001); it was recombined as Elephas antiquus creutzburgi by Poulakakis et al. (2002); it was recombined as Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi by Athanassiou et al. (2018), Athanassiou et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1965 | Loxodonta creutzburgi Kuss |
| 2000 | Elephas chaniensis Symeonides et al. |
| 2000 | Elephas chaniensis Symeonidis et al. p. 105 |
| 2001 | Elephas creutzburgi Palombo p. 488 |
| 2002 | Elephas antiquus creutzburgi Poulakakis et al. |
| 2018 | Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi Athanassiou et al. |
| 2019 | Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi Athanassiou et al. |
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†Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi Kuss 1965
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Invalid names: Elephas chaniensis Symeonidis et al. 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| N. Poulakakis et al. 2002 | The distinction of Elephas antiquus ssp. in Greece is based on the relative size of the individuals of each subspecies. It is clear that the Cretan subspecies (E. a. creutzburgi) is significantly larger than the subspecies of Tilos Island (E. a. falconeri) (Symeonidis and Theodorou, 1982) which is ‘about 20%’ smaller than the subspecies of continental Greece, E. a. antiquus (Symeonidis et al., 2000). E. a. creutzburgi has robust bones with a height relatively smaller than expected according to the bones’ width (Symeonidis et al., 2000). |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Elephas antiquus (204086) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Elephas creutzburgi (94325) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Elephas antiquus (204188) Loxodonta creutzburgi (182811 type locality: 204189) Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi (204040) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Loxodonta creutzburgi (204299) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Elephas chaniensis (204294) Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi (183124) |