Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 (elephant)

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

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

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

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