†Stegodon kaisensis Hopwood 1939 (elephant)
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Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Belongs to Stegodon according to Hopwood 1939
Sister taxa: Stegodon bombifrons, Stegodon florensis, Stegodon ganesa, Stegodon insignis, Stegodon luzonensis, Stegodon mindanensis, Stegodon sompoensis, Stegodon sondaari, Stegodon sumbaensis, Stegodon syrticus, Stegodon trigonocephalus, Stegodon yuanmouensis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Chad (1), Uganda (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (2), Uganda (5)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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