Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Synonym: Anancus osiris Arambourg 1945
Belongs to Anancus according to L. Hautier et al. 2009
See also Kalb and Frohelich 1995 and Sanders 2007
Sister taxa: Anancus alexeevae, Anancus arvernensis, Anancus bensonensis, Anancus brazosius, Anancus capensis, Anancus defloccatus, Anancus kazachstanensis, Anancus kazachstanicus, Anancus lehmanni, Anancus orarius, Anancus perimensis, Anancus petrocchii, Anancus sinensis, Anancus sivalensis, Anancus ultimus
Type specimens:
- Anancus kenyensis: M15400, a tooth (left M2/)
- Anancus osiris:
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malawi (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Kenya (5), Malawi (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (7), Kenya (2), Tanzania (3), Uganda (2)
• Miocene of Chad (1), Kenya (3), South Africa (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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