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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4043725

Fossil proboscideans (Mammalia) from the vicinities of Varna: a rare indication of middle Miocene vertebrate fauna in Bulgaria


Georgi N. Markov

Volume 19: 137–152 · 29 December 2008



Abstract: Proboscideans from the area of Varna (NE Bulgaria) are discussed, with emphasis on two finds from Galata: an elephantoid molar mistakenly identified as Tetralophodon longirostris in earlier Bulgarian literature but actually belonging to an amebelodontid, and a previously unpublished premolar of Deinotherium giganteum. The proboscideans from the region of Varna are a rare example of pre-Turolian vertebrates from Bulgaria and might indicate middle Miocene fossiliferous outcrops in the area.

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