New findings of Stegotetrabelodon syrticus from the Late Miocene of Cessaniti, southern Italy

This note describes new fossil remains of Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchi, 1941 from the Neogene succession of Cessaniti, in the Monte Poro-Capo Vaticano area (Vibo Valentia, Calabria). The succession exposed at Cessaniti is made up of four units, representative of a marine transgression occurring during the Tortonian, followed by a Messinian regression and released marine and terrestrial mammals, Late Miocene in age: Metaxytherium serresii Gervais, 1847, Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchi, 1941, Samotherium cf. boissieri Forsyth-Major, 1888, Bohlinia cf. attica Matthew, 1929, Rhinocerotidae, and Bovidae.