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130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report

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dc.contributor.author Ramsay, PJ en_US
dc.contributor.author Smith, AM en_US
dc.contributor.author Lee-Thorp, JC en_US
dc.contributor.author Vogel, JC en_US
dc.contributor.author Tyldsley, M en_US
dc.contributor.author Kidwell, W en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-03-27T09:10:50Z en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-06-07T10:04:32Z
dc.date.available 2007-03-27T09:10:50Z en_US
dc.date.available 2007-06-07T10:04:32Z
dc.date.issued 1993-04 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Ramsay, PJ, et al. 1993. 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report. South African Journal of Science, vol. 89(4), pp 165 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0038-2353 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091 en_US
dc.description.abstract A modern African elephant tusk was discovered within a late Pleistocene aeolianite at Reunion Rocks, south of Durban. Ionium dating indicates that the tusk is older than 112 kyr BP with stratigraphic control suggesting a date at ca. 130 kyr BP. Preliminary carbon stable-isotopic analyses indicate that the elephant was a grass-grazer. Strontium isotopic analyses indicate a marine signature: this implies that the tusk suffered marine diagenesis or that the elephant accumulated a marine strontium isotope signature by living along the coastline. en_US
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dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Bureau Scientific Publications en_US
dc.rights Copyright: 1993 Bureau Scientific Publications en_US
dc.subject Fossil elephants en_US
dc.subject African elephant tusks en_US
dc.title 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Ramsay, P., Smith, A., Lee-Thorp, J., Vogel, J., Tyldsley, M., & Kidwell, W. (1993). 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Ramsay, PJ, AM Smith, JC Lee-Thorp, JC Vogel, M Tyldsley, and W Kidwell "130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report." (1993) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Ramsay P, Smith A, Lee-Thorp J, Vogel J, Tyldsley M, Kidwell W. 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report. 1993; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Ramsay, PJ AU - Smith, AM AU - Lee-Thorp, JC AU - Vogel, JC AU - Tyldsley, M AU - Kidwell, W AB - A modern African elephant tusk was discovered within a late Pleistocene aeolianite at Reunion Rocks, south of Durban. Ionium dating indicates that the tusk is older than 112 kyr BP with stratigraphic control suggesting a date at ca. 130 kyr BP. Preliminary carbon stable-isotopic analyses indicate that the elephant was a grass-grazer. Strontium isotopic analyses indicate a marine signature: this implies that the tusk suffered marine diagenesis or that the elephant accumulated a marine strontium isotope signature by living along the coastline. DA - 1993-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Fossil elephants KW - African elephant tusks LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1993 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report TI - 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091 ER - en_ZA


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