This event is well reflected in the Spanish record and the first Tetralophodon appears in localities that belong to the upper part of MN7þ8. Tetralophodon longirostris replaced Gomphotherium during the latest Aragonian. The youngest localities are from the lower part of MN7þ8. The material includes skulls and more or less complete skeletons. The oldest Spanish record is possibly from early MN4 (zone B of the Aragonian). Gomphotherium angustidens dispersed into Europe during late MN3. This paper presents an overview of the localities yielding mastodont remains. Many of the older localities are not known in the common paleontological literature because only or mainly proboscidean remains were collected. As a consequence, there is an exceptional proboscidean record including deinotheres, mastodonts and elephants, which has increased significantly in recent years. The Iberian Peninsula has a complete Mio-Pliocene fossil record in which all biostratigraphic units are represented. Jose Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, SpainĪrticle history: Available online 17 August 2011
Van der Made* CSIC, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, c. Quaternary International journal homepage: Iberian mastodonts: Geographic and stratigraphic distribution A.V. Quaternary International 255 (2012) 239e256Ĭontents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect
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