Reexamination of the Tabata Specimen of Palaeoloxodon naumanni with its Historical Review(<Special issue>Recent Progress in Studies on Japanese Proboscidean Fossils)

• Inuzuka Norihisa

  Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Reexamination of the Tabata Specimen of palaeoloxodon naumanni with its Historical Review

Abstract

The Tabata specimen of Naumann's elephant, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, previously described by Tokunaga (1906), is reexamined with special reference to the dental morphology of its incisor and molars, based on recently acquired knowledge of the fossils, along with a historical review. Its specific position, which was regarded to be the same as Elephas antiquus at that time, can now be distinguished and identified as an independent species, P. naumanni. The tooth class which Tokunaga assigned as the fourth upper premolar should be corrected to the first lower molar, based on its crown width. Moreover, a life restoration drawing of a young male elephant is attempted based on the data obtained from the tooth class and tusk size of the Tabata specimen as well as some comparisons with other skeletal specimens.

Journal

• Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku)

  Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 54 (4), 231-251, 2000

  The Association for the Geological Collaboration in Japan

Keywords

• incisor
• life restoration
• molar
• Palaeoloxodon naumanni
• Pleistocene
• Tabata specimen

Details

• CRID: 1390282679242667776
• NII Article ID: 110004862512
• NII Book ID: AN00141269
• DOI: 10.15080/agcjchikyukagaku.54.4_231
• ISSN: 21897212
• ISSN: 03666611
• NDL BIB ID: 5494813
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I5494813
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
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  • NDL
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed