Vörös A. szerk.: Fragmenta Mineralogica Et Palaentologica 12. 1985. (Budapest, 1985)

Archidiskodon gromovi remains from the gravel of Aszód - tusk fr

., in. TTMO . inv. Nr. V.

59.1120.1. (VÖRÖS 1980) (lost). - M

3 sin, aboral fr.

. in TTMO. inv. Nr. V.

59.1120.2. (old data: 1874.03.26., item Nr. 15., inv. Nr. A. 51., presented by V. MISKOVSZKY) Fig. 2 and Pl. I, Fig. 2. The crown is wide and relatively low. The height of the 2

nf

^ Lm is 120 mm. The lamella and the enamel are thick. The last l

st-5

tn Lm are intact, the 6

tn Lm consists of only the aboral enamel wall. The numbering of the lamellae was made in an aboral-oral direction. In the talon there is one lamella, namely the 1

st

. In the aboral part of the grinding-surface in the upper part of the 2

n

d Lm there are only tubercles. The concretional type of the lamellae: on the 3

ro

' Lm annular; on the 4'

n Lm two lateral annulars- medial lamellar - lateral annular; on the 6*h Lm, on the inner side the lobes are ground while on the outer side the locus is isolated. The distance between the lamellae increases towards the aboral direction. The enamel-wall of the lamellae is smooth and more folded in the posterior wall of the sinus. - M

3 dext. medial fr

., in TTMO

. inv. Nr. V.82.6. (old data: 1874.03.26., item Nr. 11., inv.. Nr. A. 55., see SCHLESINGER 1922, P. 205) (Fig. 1 and Pl. I, Fig. 1). This is certainly the matching pair of the previous tooth. It is damaged on its outer (labial) side. On the aboral end of the grinding-surface only the anterior wall of the 3

rc

^ Lm are still preserved. Its concretional type is typically annular. On the 4*

n Lm from the inner side towards the outer one: 2 annularsmedial lamellar - 1 annular; on the 5

tn Lm on the inner side two large lamellars are ground; within the 6

tn Lm there is a large lamellar, outside a small lamellar; on the 7th Lm the inner large and the outer small lamellars are ground; on the 8

tn Lm the posterior wall of the lamella is already contiguous. At the 8^

n Lm the height of the crown is 55 mm (within) and 65 mm (outside). - M

2 dext., in TTMO. inv. Nr. V.

64.903. (old data: 1874.03.26. item Nr. 12.) (Fig. 3 and Pl. I, Fig. 3). The crown is narrow, low. The oral margin has broken off. The talon of the tooth consists of only one lamella. The grinding-surface consists of 7 and 1/2 lamellae. On the upper part of the 2

n

^ and 3

ro

" Lm there are still lobes. The concretional type of 4**

1 Lm: lateral lamellar - median annular - lateral lamellar. On the 5"

1 Lm a large inner lamellar and a small outer lamellar had been developed; from the 6^

n Lm the enamel-wall of the lamellae had been ground. In the middle part of the lamellae 5*°, 6^

n and 7*

n the posterior wall slant in a point-like form toward the aboral direction, but because of the continuous attrition of the grinding-surface this point-like structure of the posterior-wall was abraded from the bases of the lower 8*

n (its height 48 mm) and 9*-h (its height 45 mm) lamellae. The distances between the lamellae are filled in by thick cement layers. - molaris

, in MNM later TTMO old data: inv. Nr. A. 54. (SCHLESINGER 1922, P. 205) (lost). More progressive Archidiskodon remains from the gravel stratum of Aszód Archidiskodon meridionalis meridionalis (Nesti, 1825) M

3 sin., in MKFI. later MÁFI inv. Nr. 0-223 (1879); new inv. Nr. Ob-5147 (1937). Locality: depth of 6-8 mm in the gravel of a well dug in the railway station (HALAVÁTS 1898, SCHLESINGER 1922, VÖRÖS 1980). "sensu lato" Arch, meridionalis ürömensis Vörös molaris with xl4x lamellae in MNM later TTMO inv. Nr. A. 50. (SCHLESINGER 1922, P. 205) Lost. This M 3 with its high lamellar number can be neither Arch, gromovi, nor Arch, merid. merid

. According to the exact description given by SCHLESINGER "geradezu am oberen Ende der Entwicklungsreihe des E. meridionalis" (loc.

cit.) it was probably a sensu lato evolved form, the local Arch, meridionalis ürömensis of the Carpathian Basin (VÖRÖS 1979). The earliest stage of the Archidiskodon-line Of the most archaic forms of the Archidiskodonline in Eurasia, so far the remains of Archi diskodon gromovi described by ALEKSEEVA & GARUTT (1965) have come to light, but only from the lower Upper Pliocene deposits of the southern part of the European Region of the Soviet Union and South-Western Siberia (ALEKSEEVA & GARUTT 1965, KONST

ANTINOVA 1965, JILKIBAYEV 1975, GARUTT & BAJGUSEVA 1981). Earlier primitive, archaic Elephas remains had been identified as E. cf. planifrons

, E. planifrons or E. antiquus. E. planifrons did not penetrate into Europe and as MAGLIO (1970) wrote: "E. planifrons wa3 not ancestral to M. meridionalis, but was a specialized independent and strictly Asiatic species of the Elephas complex".