Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combinations: Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus, Elephas antiquus
Belongs to Palaeoloxodon according to A. Athanassiou et al. 2019
See also Athanassiou 2000, Athanassiou et al. 2018, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Ferretti 2008, Konidaris et al. 2018, Palombo 2001, Palombo 2005 and Tsoukala and Lister 1998
Sister taxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas beyeri, Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas planifrons, Elephas priscus, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon recki, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis
Subtaxa: Elephas antiquus leonardii
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (3 collections), Germany (8), Greece (30), Italy (11), Portugal (6), Spain (16), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 80 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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