Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combination: Elephas cypriotes
Full reference: D. M. Bate. 1903. Preliminary note on the discovery of a pigmy elephant in the Pleistocene of Cyprus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 71(475):498-500
Belongs to Palaeoloxodon according to A. Athanassiou et al. 2019
See also Athanassiou et al. 2018 and Bate 1903
Sister taxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas beyeri, Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas planifrons, Elephas priscus, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon naumanni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kyrenia hills, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial limestone in Cyprus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cyprus (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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