†unranked clade Plesielephantiformes Shoshani 2001 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to A. Larramendi and M. P. Ferretti 2026

See also Sanders et al. 2010 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005

Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotherioidea, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Euproboscidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Saloumia

Subtaxa: Barytheriidae Moeritheriidae Phosphatheriidae

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Oman (4 collections)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Egypt (1)

• Eocene of Algeria (1), Egypt (16), India (2), Libya (3), Mali (3), Morocco (1), Senegal (1), Western Sahara (1)

Total: 33 collections including 42 occurrences

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