{"id":1427,"date":"2024-08-02T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wordpress\/?page_id=1427"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:25:27","slug":"palaeoloxodon-antiquus-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/palaeoloxodon-antiquus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1427\" class=\"elementor elementor-1427\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdeff5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bdeff5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a8abec elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0a8abec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8f8b3 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c8f8b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Palaeoloxodon-Lazio-no-sfondo-e1746466888339-300x243.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3573\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Palaeoloxodon-Lazio-no-sfondo-e1746466888339-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Palaeoloxodon-Lazio-no-sfondo-e1746466888339-200x162.png 200w, https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Palaeoloxodon-Lazio-no-sfondo-e1746466888339.png 382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c89608b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c89608b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Palaeoloxodon antiquus<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1845bc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1845bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Complete skeleton of an elephant<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b0b571 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b0b571\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC_0465_antiquus_blurred.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA4OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Zvc3NpbGlyZWdpb25hbGkuaXRcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA4XC9EU0NfMDQ2NV9hbnRpcXV1c19ibHVycmVkLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC_0465_antiquus_blurred.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2089\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c6882 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"30c6882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64d347b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64d347b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e10aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8e10aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The skeleton belongs to a <strong>male specimen<\/strong> evidence for the reconstruction of <em>Palaeoloxodon antiquus<\/em>, the straight-tusked elephant, a species<br \/>of elephant that was widespread in Europe during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene; it could reach a height of nearly <strong>5 meters at the withers<\/strong> and had<strong> tusks<\/strong> up to <strong>4 meters long <\/strong>.<\/p><p>This specimen, whose skull has been reconstructed due to a marked deformation, is estimated to be about <strong>400.000 years old. <\/strong>It was discovered in the 1950s at a site near <strong>Grotte Santo Stefano<\/strong>, in the province of Viterbo, by staff from the Museum of Geology and Palaeontology in Rome, where it was reassembled in 1970. At the same site, in 1941, another nearly complete skeleton belonging to an individual of the same species, believed to be <strong>female,<\/strong>\u00a0had already been discovered; it is now housed at the G. Doria Museum in Genoa.<\/p><p><span class=\"BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"it\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">The determination of the sex of the two specimens is based on specific anatomical characteristics, including <strong>the size of the skull <\/strong>and<strong> pelvis<\/strong>, the <strong>proportions of the hand bones <\/strong>and<strong> the atlas<\/strong>, the <strong>first cervical vertebra. <\/strong>However, this classification involves a certain degree of uncertainty, and further investigation will likely be necessary.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><p>Analysis of the heavily worn molars also made it possible to estimate the age of both individuals, which is between<strong> 35 <\/strong>and <strong>40 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70431b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"70431b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1170\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9235b45 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9235b45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1170\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3833c77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3833c77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9ef730 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9ef730\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kingdom: Animalia<\/p><p>Phylum: Chordata<\/p><p>Class: Mammalia<\/p><p>Order: Proboscidea<\/p><p>Family: Elephantidae<\/p><p>Genus: \u2020<em>Palaeoloxodon<\/em><\/p><p>Species: \u2020<em>Palaeoloxodon antiquus<br \/><\/em>Falconer &amp; Cautley, 1847<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1170\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e3f6a0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e3f6a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278f8e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"278f8e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1245\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1171\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1171\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Geologic Time Scale <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span 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(2003). Sexually dimorphic characters of Elephas (Palaeoloxodon)<br \/>antiquus from Grotte Santo Stefano (Viterbo, Central Italy). Deinsea, 9: 293-315.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-594bea9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"594bea9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-005793d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"005793d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Credits and acknowledgments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a704285 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a704285\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11b7a7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11b7a7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Alfio Moscarella, Dr. Enrico Sacco, and Professor Raffaele Sardella of the University of Rome for sharing the multimedia material used on this page.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reproduction, distribution, or any other use is prohibited without prior authorization from the rights holders.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palaeoloxodon antiquus Scheletro completo di proboscidato Descrizione Lo scheletro appartiene a un esemplare di sesso maschile di Palaeoloxodon antiquus, l&#8217;elefante a zanne dritte, una speciedi elefante molto diffusa in Europa tra il Pleistocene Medio e Superiore, che poteva raggiungere quasi 5 metri di altezza al garrese ed era dotata di zanne lunghe fino a 4 metri . Questo esemplare, il cui cranio \u00e8 stato ricostruito a causa di una marcata deformazione, ha un&#8217;et\u00e0 stimata di circa 400.000 anni. Fu rinvenuto negli anni Cinquanta in un sito nei pressi di Grotte Santo Stefano, in provincia di Viterbo, dallo staff del Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia di Roma, dove nel 1970 venne riassemblato. Nello stesso sito, nel 1941, era gi\u00e0 stato rinvenuto un altro scheletro quasi completo appartenente a un individuo della stessa specie, ritenuto di sesso femminile,\u00a0oggi conservato presso il Museo G. Doria di Genova. La definizione del sesso dei due esemplari si basa su specifici caratteri anatomici, tra cui le dimensioni del cranio e del bacino, le proporzioni delle ossa della mano e dell&#8217;atlante, la prima vertebra cervicale. Tuttavia l&#8217;attribuzione presenta un certo grado di incertezza e saranno probabilmente necessarie ulteriori indagini. Le analisi condotte sui molari, fortemente usurati, hanno inoltre permesso di stimare l&#8217;et\u00e0 di entrambi gli individui, che risulta compresa tra i 35 e i 40 anni. Classificazione e confronto dimensionale Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Proboscidea Famiglia: Elephantidae Genere: \u2020Palaeoloxodon Specie: \u2020Palaeoloxodon antiquusFalconer &amp; Cautley, 1847 Modificata da \u201cElephas\u2011antiquus, front to the left.jpg\u201d di DFoidl, da Wikimedia Commons,\u00a0licenza CC BY\u2011SA 3.0(https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/). Scala del Tempo Geologico ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Quaternario EPOCA: Pleistocene ET\u00c0: Chibaniano (0,.78-0.13 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Luogo di ritrovamento Grotte Santo Stefano &#8211; Fonte Campanile (VT) Luogo di esposizione MUST (Museo Universitario di Scienze della Terra), Sapienza Universit\u00e0 di Roma Numero di catalogo: MPUR\/U B Visita il sito del Museo Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Proboscidea Famiglia: Elephantidae Genere: \u2020Palaeoloxodon Specie: \u2020Palaeoloxodon antiquusFalconer &amp; Cautley, 1847 Modificata da \u201cElephas\u2011antiquus, front to the left.jpg\u201d di DFoidl, da Wikimedia Commons,\u00a0licenza CC BY\u2011SA 3.0(https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/). ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Quaternario EPOCA: Pleistocene ET\u00c0: Chibaniano (0,.78-0.13 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Grotte Santo Stefano &#8211; Fonte Campanile (VT) MUST (Museo Universitario di Scienze della Terra), Sapienza Universit\u00e0 di Roma Numero di catalogo: MPUR\/U B Visita il sito del Museo Galleria Vista frontale del Palaeoloxodon con in primo piano le sue imponenti zanne. Foto di Enrico Sacco, editing di Alfio Moscarella. Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Palombo M.R. &amp; Villa P. (2003). Sexually dimorphic characters of Elephas (Palaeoloxodon)antiquus from Grotte Santo Stefano (Viterbo, Central Italy). Deinsea, 9: 293-315. 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