Mammalia - Proboscidea - Phosphatheriidae

Full reference: E. Gheerbrandt, J. Sudre, P. Tassy, M. Amaghzaz, B. Bouya and M. Iarochene. 2005. Nouvelles données sur Phosphatherium escuilliei (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de l’Éocène inférieur du Maroc, apports à la phylogénie des Proboscidea et des ongulés lophodontes. Geodiversitas 27(2):239-333

Parent taxon: Plesielephantiformes according to A. Larramendi and M. P. Ferretti 2026

See also Gheerbrandt et al. 2005 and Sanders et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Barytheriidae, Moeritheriidae

Subtaxa: Phosphatherium

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Ouled Abdoun Basin (Phosphatherium type specimen) (Eocene of Morocco)

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