Ramsay, PJSmith, AMLee-Thorp, JCVogel, JCTyldsley, MKidwell, W2007-03-272007-06-072007-03-272007-06-071993-04Ramsay, PJ, et al. 1993. 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report. South African Journal of Science, vol. 89(4), pp 1650038-2353http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091A modern African elephant tusk was discovered within a late Pleistocene aeolianite at Reunion Rocks, south of Durban. Ionium dating indicates that the tusk is older than 112 kyr BP with stratigraphic control suggesting a date at ca. 130 kyr BP. Preliminary carbon stable-isotopic analyses indicate that the elephant was a grass-grazer. Strontium isotopic analyses indicate a marine signature: this implies that the tusk suffered marine diagenesis or that the elephant accumulated a marine strontium isotope signature by living along the coastline.106143 bytesapplication/pdfenCopyright: 1993 Bureau Scientific PublicationsFossil elephantsAfrican elephant tusksArticleRamsay, P., Smith, A., Lee-Thorp, J., Vogel, J., Tyldsley, M., & Kidwell, W. (1993). 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091Ramsay, PJ, AM Smith, JC Lee-Thorp, JC Vogel, M Tyldsley, and W Kidwell "130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report." (1993) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091Ramsay P, Smith A, Lee-Thorp J, Vogel J, Tyldsley M, Kidwell W. 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report. 1993; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091.TY - Article AU - Ramsay, PJ AU - Smith, AM AU - Lee-Thorp, JC AU - Vogel, JC AU - Tyldsley, M AU - Kidwell, W AB - A modern African elephant tusk was discovered within a late Pleistocene aeolianite at Reunion Rocks, south of Durban. Ionium dating indicates that the tusk is older than 112 kyr BP with stratigraphic control suggesting a date at ca. 130 kyr BP. Preliminary carbon stable-isotopic analyses indicate that the elephant was a grass-grazer. Strontium isotopic analyses indicate a marine signature: this implies that the tusk suffered marine diagenesis or that the elephant accumulated a marine strontium isotope signature by living along the coastline. DA - 1993-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Fossil elephants KW - African elephant tusks LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1993 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report TI - 130000-year-old fossil elephant found near Durban, South-Africa: preliminary-report UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2091 ER -