Where: Vittero Veneto, Italy (46.0° N, 12.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 12.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandy gravel

Size class: macrofossils

• with the posterior side slightly wider than the anterior

•one. A longitudinal crest is present along the labial side.On the lingual side, two tubercles are present, anteriorly and posteriorly, both connected with the labial crest. The

•morphology of the tooth indicates it is a left PM2, as already concluded by Stefanini (1912).

Primary reference: M. P. Ferretti. 2008. The dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis from Puntali Cave, Carini (Sicily; late Middle Pleistocene): Anatomy, systematics and phylogenetic relationships. Quaternary International 182:90-108 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215245: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Joseph Conaty on 04.11.2020

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