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

- 12 proximal parts of costae, - sternum (Pl. II, Figs 1-4), I

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th Dimensions (in mm) greatest length 78 70 73 68 smallest medial breadth - 78 - 90 The right side of the 3

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* mesostenebra is broken off, it is missing; there is a bone proliferation with spondilosis and exostosis on the dextral lower part of the 4

tn and on the dextral upper part of the ö^h mesostenebra; i.e. circular bone spondylarthroses have slid into each other forming in this way a "pseudo-joint" . The xiphisternum is intact, its dimensions: length 133, breadth of upper part 76, maximal breadth of lower apex 41 mm, smallest breadth of medial part 28, its diameter 13.5 mm. - scapula sin. et dext. dist. frs. (both in fragmentary condition). - humerus sin. et dext. (Pl. I, Figs 1,2). The tuberculum mediale of the humerus dext. is damaged. The diaphysis is strikingly long, slender, the epiphyses are relatively small. The trochlea is strong, thick, its breadth 82 (sin.) - 81 (dext.) mm. The fossa supratrochlearis is deep. The crista is sharp on the trochlea, on the upper margin of the trochlea on the median side there is an incisura. Breadth of caput humeri 78 (sin.) - 80 (dext.) mm. The epicondylus medialis is narrow. - radius sin. et dext. (Pl. I, Figs 3,4). The radius sin. is broken into several pieces while the distal epiphysis is broken off from the dext. one. The tubera ligamenti had not developed in the lateral side of the proximal epiphysis. - olecranon sin. et dext. The length of olecranon is 98 (sin.) - 100 (dext.), its breadth 65 (sin.) 66.5 (dext.) mm. Breadth of the surface of the article: 47 (sin.) - 44.5 (dext.) mm. - metacarpus dext. (Pl. I, Fig. 5) - pelvis sin. fr. (Pl. II, Fig. 6). Only part of the corpus ilii and the anterior part of the acetabulum are still available. The fissure in front of the acetabulum is deep. Height of corpus ilii 57, its thickness is 30 mm. - femur sin. et dext. (Pl. I, Fig. 6). The prox. and dist. epiphyses of the femur dext. have broken off. The diaphysis is latero-medially flattened, long and slim. Diameter of caput femori 48, its breadth 60 mm. On the distal epiphysis the lateral condylus and epicondylus are strongly developed. The narrow (thin) width of trochleae femoris is 46 mm. - tibia sin. et dext. (Pl. I, Figs 7,8). The medial margin of the tibia dext. prox. epiphysis is damaged. - malleolare sin. et dext. (length 32.5; breadth 40 mm). The malleolare dext. is fragmentary. - astragalus sin. et dext. (Pl. II, Figs 7,8). The astragalus sin. is fragmentary. - calcaneus sin. et dext. (Pl. II, Figs 7,8) - centrotarsale (T

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) sin. (breadth 69, length 57.5 mm) - cunéiforme intermedium et laterale (Tg-ß) sin. - metatarsus sin. et dext. (Pl. I, Figs 9,10) - ph. I. dext. post. lat.-med. (Pl. n, Fig. 9) - ph. I. sin. post. med. (Pl. II, Fig. 10) - ph. II. dext. post. lat.-med. (Pl. n, Fig. 11) - ph. III. dext. post, lat-med. The inner margin of both ph. III. are damaged. - 2 os sesamoideum sup. - rudimentary metapodium 2/5 (length 183, diameter 15 mm). For the dimensions of the postcranial skeletal elements see Table 1 and 2. Taking into consideration the dimensions of the postcranial skeletal elements of the few Pleistocene Alces available (AZZAROLI 1952, 1953, K

AHLKE 1959, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1975) (Table 3) we can say that Alces brevirostris is a small-sized Alces

, with the slender stylo-, and zeugopodium and strong metapodia. It has relatively long humerus and femur/tibia and short metapodia. At present Alces brevirostris is the smallest known fossil form of the Alces line.The antlerbeam is very short and thick; the neck of the animal is short, while the dorsal 1 and lumbal regions are relatively long. As regards its extremities, the humerus and Femur/tibia are long compared to the metapodia, which suggests a tall body height (Table 1 and 3). The diapysis of the metapodia of Alces brevirostris are strong, wide and flat. Libralces gallicus is characterized by shorter humerus/tibia and longer metapodia. The humerus and femur/tibia of Alces brevirostris are longer,