Stegolophodon
| Stegolophodon Temporal range: Miocene–Pleistocene 15.97–0.781 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 stegodontid with two tusks and a trunk. It lived during the Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs,[1][2][3][4][5] and may have evolved into Stegodon. Fossils have been primarily found in Asia but some have also been reported in Africa.[6]
References
- ↑ Suga, Shoichi; Nakahara, Hiroshi (2012-12-06). Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Mineralization in Biological Systems: Biomineralization ’90. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9784431681328.
- ↑ Youping Zhang, Yuzhu Long, Hongxiang Ji, Suyin Ding, Translated by Will Downs Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University March, (November 1999) [1989]. "The Cenozoic Deposits of the Yunnnan Region" (PDF). Professional Papers on Stratigraphy and Paleontology No. 7, Geological Publishing House, Peking, China, pp. 1-21.
- ↑ Geer, Alexandra van der; Lyras, George; Vos, John de; Dermitzakis, Michael (2011-02-14). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444391282.
- ↑ "The first mariners | AURANET". www.ifrao.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Stegolophodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ Maguire, Kaitlin (November 2010). "The Stegodontidae". University of California Museum of Paleontology.
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