Craniomandibular remains of Anancus arvernensis (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from Greece: The samples from Kalliphytos (E. Macedonia) and Sesklo (Thessaly)

摘要

Anancus arvernensis is frequent in the European Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene, but it is mostly represented by isolated molars, as mandibular and particularly cranial finds are rare. An almost complete mandible from Kalliphytos, a new locality in N. Greece, and a partial skull from Sesklo are described in the present study. The mandible is very robust, brevirostrine and tuskless. It preserves the third molars on both sides, which are of simple structure and exhibit the alternating semilophid pattern (anancoidy), a characteristic dental feature of this species. The Kalliphytos specimen is very similar morphologically and metrically to a previously published mandible from Sesklo and other finds from Europe, as the sample from Chilhac.