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First Occurrence of a Gomphotheriid (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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A species of gomphotheriids were firstly discovered from the Kidong Formation from Myongchon County, North Hamgyong Province, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Although the tusk is broken and two of the teeth are so deeply worn, the new material displays some mandibular and dental feature combinations that might belong to the known species of either Gomphotherium (probably G. subtapiroideum) or amebelodontids. This discovery not only extends the geographic of the gomphotheriids, but also fills a blank in the gomphotheriid study in DPRK.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We sincerely thank Shi-Qi Wang (Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for revision of the earlier manuscript, valuable consultations and practical help. Our sincere gratitude is also offered to anonymous reviewer for improvement and correction of the earlier version of the manuscript and Marina A. Knorre for editorial help. We are also a great thanks to Kun Sik Kim for delivering the important documents.

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    Kum Sik Han, Rye Sun Choe & Se Chan Kim

  2. Department of Paleontology, Faculty of Geology, Kim Il Sung University, Pyongyang, North Korea

    Kwang Sik So

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Kum Sik Han, So, K.S., Choe, R.S. et al. First Occurrence of a Gomphotheriid (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Paleontol. J. 55, 1186–1192 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103012110004X

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