BIOMETRIC DATING OF ELEPHANTS OF THE ARCHIDISKODON-MAMMUTHUS LINEAGE

Abstract

Using the biometric dating of lamellar frequency in the last upper molars of the Archidiskodon-Mammuthus elephant lineage, the age of the Liventsovka, Sinyaya Balka, Tiraspol' (Russia), Süssenborn, Mosbach (Germany), Ilford, Balderton (Great Britain), Dolni Vestonice, and Předmosti (Czech Republic) localities is determined. The localities are correlated with the oxygen-isotope stages and regional stratigraphic scales. The 14C date of 29600 ± 600 years available for mammoth remains from the Balderton locality is concordant with the biometric age of this site.