†Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchi 1941 (elephant)
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Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Full reference: C. Petrocchi. 1941. Il giacimento fossilifero di Sahabi. Bollettino della Societa Geologico Italiana 60(1):107-114
Belongs to Stegotetrabelodon according to J. E. Kalb and D. J. Frohelich 1995
See also Coppens 1972 and Petrocchi 1943
Sister taxa: Stegotetrabelodon lybicus, Stegotetrabelodon orbus
Type specimen: Its type locality is As Sahabi, Sirtica, which is in a Messinian coastal horizon in the Sahabi Formation of Libya
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections), Libya (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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