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          Fig. 5. M. meridionalis from various Italian localities. (A–B) Oriolo (?Slivia FU, early Middle Pleistocene); (A) mandible, left lateral view; (B) same
          specimen, occlusal view; (C–F) Rio Pradella, Imola (?Slivia FU, early Middle Pleistocene); (C) MCSI 7645, left m3, occlusal view; (D) same specimen,
          lingual view; (E) MCSI 7644, left M3, occlusal view; (F) same specimen, lingual view; (G) Campo del Merlo, Rome (Slivia FU, early Middle
          Pleistocene), MPR 1748, left M2, occlusal view (from Ambrosetti, 1967). Scale bar is 10 cm in (A–B) and 5 cm in (C–G).


          wear figures are characterized by a marked median     the molar, and matches M. trogontherii molars
          expansion and thick and wrinkled enamel (Fig. 6c). This  from S.ussenborn showing a comparable degree of wear
          peculiar pattern is due to the advanced state of wear of  (the so-called ‘‘pseudopalaeoloxodon’’ specimens of
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