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 arvernensis, Anancus bensonensis, Anancus brazosius, Anancus capensis, Anancus defloccatus, Anancus kazachstanensis, Anancus lehmanni, Anancus orarius, Anancus perimensis, Anancus petrocchii, Anancus sinensis, Anancus sivalensis
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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