Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Parent taxon: Elephantidae according to J. E. Kalb and D. J. Frohelich 1995
See also Carroll 1988, Coppens 1972, Maglio 1970, McKenna and Bell 1997, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005
Sister taxa: Elephantinae, Selenetherium, Stegodibelodon, Stegodon, Stegodontinae, Stegotetrabelodontinae, Suina
Subtaxa: Stegotetrabelodon lybicus Stegotetrabelodon orbus Stegotetrabelodon syrticus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (4), Kenya (4), Tanzania (1), Uganda (3)
• Miocene of Hungary (1), Italy (2), Kenya (5), Libya (1), Uganda (2), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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