{"id":2063,"date":"2022-09-21T13:39:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pangeatrust.org\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2024-08-13T13:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:42:17","slug":"rastos-de-elefante-de-presas-retas-registados-em-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pangeatrust.org\/pt\/straight-tusked-elephant-tracks-recorded-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pegadas de elefante-de-presas-retas registadas em Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_css_free_form=&#8221;.selector a {||  text-decoration: underline;||}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-687m3\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">Just a few tens of thousands of years ago &#8211; a blip in evolutionary terms &#8211; elephants roamed across the Mediterranean. Coincidentally, one of the most recent examples of fossilised tracks of the straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) was found in Alentejo, in the same region as Pangea. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block2\"><\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div id=\"viewer-6rfs6\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block3\"><\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-733gm\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">Now extinct, the species is related to the African elephant. They were <a class=\"QzAlv iqUF1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-96754-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"WebLink\"><u>enormous<\/u><\/a>, standing at 3\u20134.2 metres in height, and an estimated 4.5\u201315 tonnes in weight. They had very wide heads carrying extremely long tusks. Today, the largest land mammal is the African elephant, which stands around 3.3 metres at the shoulder and weighs up to seven tonnes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block4\"><\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div id=\"viewer-4l9gp\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block5\"><\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-bjcft\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">In a <a class=\"QzAlv iqUF1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/302156924_Vertebrate_tracks_and_trackways_from_the_pleistocene_eolianites_of_SW_Portugal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"WebLink\"><u>paper <\/u><\/a>published in 2016, <a class=\"QzAlv iqUF1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Carlos-Carvalho-50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"WebLink\">Carlos Neto De Carvalho<\/a> and colleagues discuss the vertebrate tracks discovered in an outcrop in South-West Alentejo, stating that the elephant tracks are particularly important because it is the first record of elephant footprints in the Pleistocene era in mainland Europe. It may represent some of the latest occurrences of Elephas antiquus before its final extinction, less than 40,00 years ago. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block6\"><\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div id=\"viewer-c9654\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block7\"><\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-5o5hd\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">Older elephant tracks have also been found in the <a class=\"QzAlv iqUF1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/274075182_Elefantes_Plistocenicos_do_Vale_do_Tejo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"WebLink\"><u>Vale do Tejo <\/u><\/a>region of Portugal. Fascinating stuff!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H\u00e1 apenas algumas dezenas de milhares de anos \u2013 um momento importante no contexto evolutivo \u2013 elefantes percorriam o Mediterr\u00e2neo. Coincidentemente, um dos exemplos mais recentes de vest\u00edgios fossilizados do elefante com focinho comprido (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) foi encontrado no Alentejo, na mesma regi\u00e3o em que se localizava a Pangeia. Hoje extinto, a esp\u00e9cie est\u00e1 relacionada ao elefante africano. Eles eram enormes, com altura entre 3 e 4,2 metros e peso estimado entre 4,5 e 15 toneladas. Tinha cabe\u00e7as muito grandes e focinhos extremamente longos. Hoje, o mam\u00edfero terrestre mais grande \u00e9 o elefante africano, que mede cerca de 3,3 metros na altura ao ombro e pesa at\u00e9 7 toneladas. Em um artigo publicado em 2016, Carlos Neto De Carvalho e colegas discutem as vest\u00edgios de vertebrados descobertos em um afloramento no Alentejo Ocidental, afirmando que os vest\u00edgios de elefante s\u00e3o particularmente importantes porque s\u00e3o o primeiro registro de pegadas de elefante na era do Pleistoceno na Europa continental. Pode representar alguns dos \u00faltimos casos de Elephas antiquus antes de sua extin\u00e7\u00e3o definitiva, h\u00e1 menos de 40.000 anos. Rastro de elefante mais antigo tamb\u00e9m foi encontrado na regi\u00e3o do Vale do Tejo, em Portugal. Incr\u00edvel!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-687m3\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">Just a few tens of thousands of years ago - a blip in evolutionary terms - elephants roamed across the Mediterranean. Coincidentally, one of the most recent examples of fossilised tracks of the straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) was found in Alentejo, in the same region as Pangea. <\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-hook=\"rcv-block2\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><div id=\"viewer-6rfs6\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div data-hook=\"rcv-block3\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-733gm\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">Now extinct, the species is related to the African elephant. They were <a class=\"QzAlv iqUF1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-96754-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"WebLink\"><u>enormous<\/u><\/a>, standing at 3\u20134.2 metres in height, and an estimated 4.5\u201315 tonnes in weight. They had very wide heads carrying extremely long tusks. Today, the largest land mammal is the African elephant, which stands around 3.3 metres at the shoulder and weighs up to seven tonnes.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-hook=\"rcv-block4\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><div id=\"viewer-4l9gp\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div data-hook=\"rcv-block5\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-bjcft\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">In a <a class=\"QzAlv iqUF1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/302156924_Vertebrate_tracks_and_trackways_from_the_pleistocene_eolianites_of_SW_Portugal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"WebLink\"><u>paper <\/u><\/a>published in 2016, <a class=\"QzAlv iqUF1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Carlos-Carvalho-50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"WebLink\">Carlos Neto De Carvalho<\/a> and colleagues discuss the vertebrate tracks discovered in an outcrop in South-West Alentejo, stating that the elephant tracks are particularly important because it is the first record of elephant footprints in the Pleistocene era in mainland Europe. It may represent some of the latest occurrences of Elephas antiquus before its final extinction, less than 40,00 years ago. <\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-hook=\"rcv-block6\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><div id=\"viewer-c9654\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div data-hook=\"rcv-block7\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-5o5hd\" class=\"ZuC5J faq2B WNdr- YZYFQ\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"deJ7P\">Older elephant tracks have also been found in the <a class=\"QzAlv iqUF1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/274075182_Elefantes_Plistocenicos_do_Vale_do_Tejo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"WebLink\"><u>Vale do Tejo <\/u><\/a>region of Portugal. Fascinating stuff!<\/span><\/p><\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pangea-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Straight-tusked elephant tracks recorded in Portugal - Pangea Trust<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pangeatrust.org\/pt\/rastos-de-elefante-de-presas-retas-registados-em-portugal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Straight-tusked elephant tracks recorded in Portugal - Pangea Trust\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just a few tens of thousands of years ago - a blip in evolutionary terms - elephants roamed across the Mediterranean. 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