Stegolophodon
| Stegolophodon Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene[1]15.97–3.6 Ma | |
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| Tooth of Stegolophodon latidens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | †Stegolophodon Pohlig, 1888 |
Stegolophodon cautleyi
Stegolophodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean. Stegolophodon was a Stegodontidae with two tusks and a trunk. It lived during the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs, and may have evolved into Stegodon. Fossils have been primarily found in Asia but some have also been reported in Africa.[2]
References
- ↑ "Stegolophodon Pohlig 1888 (proboscidean)". Paleobiology database. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ↑ Maguire, Kaitlin (November 2010). "The Stegodontidae". University of California Museum of Paleontology.
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