Stegodon luzonensis von Koenigswald 1956 (elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Full reference: G. H. R. von Koenigswald. 1956. Fossil mammals from the Philippines. Proceedings of the Pacific Science Congress 339-361

Belongs to Stegodon according to G. H. R. von Koenigswald 1956

Sister taxa: Stegodon aurorae, Stegodon bombifrons, Stegodon elephantoides, Stegodon florensis, Stegodon ganesa, Stegodon hypsilophus, Stegodon insignis, Stegodon kaisensis, Stegodon mediterraneus, Stegodon miensis, Stegodon mindanensis, Stegodon namadicus, Stegodon preorientalis, Stegodon rathiansis, Stegodon sompoensis, Stegodon sondaari, Stegodon sumbaensis, Stegodon syrticus, Stegodon trigonocephalus, Stegodon yuanmouensis, Stegodon zdanskyi, Stegodon zhaotongensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fort McKinley, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Philippines

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Fort McKinley

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