Choerolophodontidae
Extinct family of mammals
| Choerolophodontidae Temporal range: 17–7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Clade: | Elephantida |
| 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, cladistic analysis recovers choerolophodont gomphotheres as basal to trilophodont gomphotheres 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, M.P.; Avilla, L.S. (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. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1147009M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147009. PMC 4710528. PMID 26756209.
- ^ Şahin, Serkan (January 2012). "Choerolophodontinae from the Miocene of Anatolia Dispersals and Paleoecology". 18th Congress of the European Anthropological Association 3–6 September 2012 - Ankara, Turkey.
- ^ "subfamily Choerolophodontinae Gaziry 1976 (gomphothere)". fossilworks.
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Genera of the order Proboscidea
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Afrotheria
- Clade: Tethytheria
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