Choerolophodontidae
| Choerolophodont Temporal range: 17–7 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Choerolophodontidae Gaziry, 1976 |
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Choerolophodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals that were closely related to elephants. Two genera are known, Afrochoerodon and Choerolophodon.[1]
Taxonomy
Although usually classified as part of Gomphotheriidae, recent cladistic analysis recovers choerolophodont gomphotheres as basal to trilophodont gompotheres and therefore a distinct family.[2]
Distribution
Fossils of choerolophodontids have been found in Africa, China, Anatolia, and the Balkans.[3][4]
References
- ↑ J. Shoshani and P. Tassy. 2005. Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior. Quaternary International 126-128:5-20
- ↑ Mothé D, Ferretti MP, Avilla LS (2016) The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0147009. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147009
- ↑ https://www.academia.edu/3424539/Choerolophodontinae_from_the_Miocene_of_Anatolia_Dispersals_and_Paleoecology
- ↑ http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=67860
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