Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Full reference: Y. Coppens. 1972. Un nouveau proboscidien du Pliocene du Tchad, Stegodibelodon schneideri nov. gen. nov. sp., et le phylum des stegotetrabelodontinae. Comptes Rendus de Academie de Sciences Paris, Series D 274:2962-2965
Parent taxon: Elephantidae according to J. E. Kalb and D. J. Frohelich 1995
See also Carroll 1988, Coppens 1972, McKenna and Bell 1997, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005
Sister taxa: Elephantinae, Selenetherium, Stegodon, Stegodontinae, Stegotetrabelodon, Stegotetrabelodontinae, Suina
Subtaxa: Stegodibelodon schneideri
Type: Stegodibelodon schneideri
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Chad (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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