Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combinations: Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus, Elephas antiquus
Belongs to Palaeoloxodon according to A. Athanassiou et al. 2019
See also Athanassiou 2000, Athanassiou et al. 2018, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Cope 1889, Ferretti 2008, Konidaris et al. 2018, Palombo 2001, Palombo 2005 and Tsoukala and Lister 1998
Sister taxa: Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon namadicus, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou
Subtaxa: Elephas antiquus leonardii
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (3 collections), Germany (8), Greece (30), India (2), Italy (11), Portugal (6), Spain (16), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 82 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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