El elefante fósil de Buelna (Asturias). Nota preliminar

An elephant fossil was found in a cave close to Buena (Asturias, Spain). It was identified as Elephas antiquus (Falconer & Cautley). This initial study is based on the morphological and metrical characteristics of a femur and an hemipelvis. These fossil remains belong to a grown-up quite complete animal which is still waiting for its extraction. According to chronology, we allocate this finding to the last interglacial period.Un elefante fósil encontrado en una cueva próxima a Buena (Asturias) se identifica como Elephas antiquus (Falconer & Cautley). Este estudio preliminar se basa en las características morfológicas y métricas de un fémur y una hemipelvis; restos que forman parte de un individuo adulto bastante completo que aún permanece sin extraer. Cronológicamente, atribuimos este hallazgo al último interglacial