Abstract
The discovery, in april 1994, of skeletal remains of a fossil proboscidian in the Le Gurp pleistocene clays introduces new elements in the understanding of the local stratigraphy. The biometric study of collected elements, fragments of face and post-cranial skeleton, some in a well- preserved state (atlas, triquetrum, tibia and fibula) allows the attribution of these bones to a young Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer et Cautley, 1847, even in the absence of dental remains. This determination confirms the review by Prat and Aguirre (oral communication, 1971) in Dubreuilh et al. (1971) of the first remains found a century ago which were attributed to an older species, Mammuthus mendwnalis Nesti (Gassies, 1875).
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