New findings of the teeth of the southern elephant archidiskodon meridionalis gromovi in the lower reaches of the Ural river (Zhaiyk)

Molars of the southern elephant Archidiskodon meridionalis gromovi were found in alluvial deposits near Uralsk (West Kazakhstan region, Republic Kazakhstan). In this work, applied generally accepted paleontological methods field and cameral research: standard working with material for extraction samples from host rock; morphometrically morphological analysis fossil remains species diagnosis. Have been studied a series teeth M3/m3 shifts chronologically successive subspecies paleopleistocene (middle villafrancian) localities Western Kazakhstan. Analysis characteristics (frequency plates, length one plate, number enamel thickness, hypsodont index, crown proportion index) showed that indicators are close to those characteristic [Elaphas] gromovi. For tooth changes, parameter plate turned out be very diagnostic. The limits variation size different largely coincide.