Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi is an extinct dwarf elephant from the island of Naxos. It is one of the Mediterranean insular dwarf species of the genus Palaeoloxodon, which are almost certainly descended from the European straight-tusked elephant, Palaeoloxodon antiquus. The other island dwarfs include P. creutzburgi on Crete, P. tiliensis on Tilos, P. cypriotes and P. xylophagou on Cyprus, and P. mnaidriensis and P. falconeri on Sicily and Malta. Island dwarfing of this kind is an example of insular dwarfism, and the smallest of these species grew to only about 1 metre tall.
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Source Naxos (Wikipedia)History, Middle Paleolithic eraQuote, History, Middle Paleolithic era
The extinct dwarf elephant species Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi lived on Naxos at some point during the Late Pleistocene.
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1. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi
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"is_extant": "extinct"
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"diet": "grazer, browser"
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large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk
3. Palaeoloxodon (Wikipedia)
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is an extinct genus of elephant
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P. lomolinoi (Naxos)
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is an extinct genus of elephant
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