Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Belongs to Elephas according to Tassy 2003
Sister taxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas beyeri, Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas planifrons, Elephas priscus, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lothagam-Upper Nawata Mb, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Nawata or Nachukui Formation of Kenya
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Lothagam-Upper Nawata Mb
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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