PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fanny Gagliardi
AU  - Olivier Maridet
AU  - Damien Becker
TI  - The record of Deinotheriidae from the Miocene of the Swiss Jura Mountains (Jura Canton, Switzerland)
AID  - 10.1101/2020.08.10.244061
DP  - 2021 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2020.08.10.244061
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/04/23/2020.08.10.244061.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/04/23/2020.08.10.244061.full
AB  - The Miocene sands of the Swiss Jura Mountains, long exploited in quarries for the construction industry, have yielded abundant fossil remains of large mammals. Among Deinotheriidae (Proboscidea), two species, Prodeinotherium bavaricum and Deinotherium giganteum, had previously been identified in the Delémont valley, but never described. A third species, Deinotherium levius, from the locality of Charmoille in Ajoie, is reported herein for the first time in Switzerland. These occurrences are dated from the middle to the late Miocene, correlating to the European Mammal biozones MN5 to MN9. The study is completed by a discussion on the palaeobiogeography of deinotheres at the European scale.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.APDanteroposterior diameterDdeciduous upper premolardexrightHheightilower incisorsLlengthm/Mlower and upper molarsMJSNJurassica Museum (formerly Musée jurassien des Sciences naturelles)MNMammal NeogeneNMBNaturhistorisches Museum BaselNMBENaturhistorisches Museum Bernp/Plower and upper premolarssinleftTDtransverse diameterWwidth.