Stegodon syrticus Petrocchi 1943 (elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Full reference: C. Petrocchi. 1943. Il giacimento fossilifero di Sahabi. Collezione Scientifica e Documentaria a Cura del Ministero dell'Africa Italiana 9:1-167

Belongs to Stegodon according to C. Petrocchi 1943

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

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Stegodon syrticus in the database

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