Elephas iolensis
| Elephas iolensis Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Elephas |
| Species: | Elephas iolensis |
Elephas iolensis is an extinct species of large herbivorous mammal belonging to the Elephantidae family. The type specimen is located in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.[1] The species is thought to have lived in the African Savannah during the Late Pleistocene age, between 130,000 and 10,000 years ago.[2][3] It was a direct descendant of Elephas recki and more distantly, Elephas ekorensis.[4]
References
- ↑ Todd, Nancy E. (2010). "New Phylogenetic Analysis of the Family Elephantidae Based on Cranial-Dental Morphology". The Anatomical Record. 293: 74–90. doi:10.1002/ar.21010.
- ↑ Paul S. Martin, Richard G. Klein (1989). Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution. University of Arizona Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780816511006.
- ↑ Whitfield, John (24 August 2001). "Genes reveal jumbo schism". Nature. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ↑ Genoways, H.H. (2013). Current Mammalogy, Volume 1. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 131. ISBN 9781475799095.
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